{"id":1350,"date":"2007-12-17T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T18:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/17\/weekend-local-news-roundup\/"},"modified":"2008-01-30T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T18:01:21","slug":"weekend-local-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/17\/weekend-local-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Local News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a roundup of some local real estate stories that came out this weekend.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/realestate\/2004073793_tips16.html\" title=\"Seven ways to sell faster and for a higher price\">Times<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/local\/343587_redfin15.html\" title=\"Redfin offers 7 tips to sell your home\">P-I<\/a> give Redfin some free advertising by covering their list of <a href=\"http:\/\/redfin.com\/scientist\" title=\"Seven Tactics for Selling Your Home\">Seven Tactics for Selling Your Home<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>According to the Times, local builder <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/realestate\/2004073785_quadrant160.html\" title=\"Bucking trends, Quadrant starts seven houses a day\">Quadrant Homes (owned by Weyerhaeuser) is impervious to the housing market slowdown<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>From the sounds of Phuong Cat Le&#8217;s report in the P-I, I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/06\/mortgage-freeze-bla-bla-bla\/\" title=\"Mortgage Freeze Bla Bla Bla\">not the only one<\/a> that thinks that <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/local\/343647_bailout15.html\" title=\"Few eligible for loan bailout\">few will qualify for the mortgage &#8220;rate freeze.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Also worth mentioning is a weekend column in which Steve Tytler repeated his prediction that home prices will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/article\/20071216\/BIZ\/843148875\/1005\" title=\"Waiting to refinance would not be wise\">&#8220;drop about 10 percent to 20 percent over the next year or so&#8221;<\/a> then &#8220;flatten out.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, check out this article in the Times about the <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/southeastkingcountynews\/2004073933_homesales16s0.html\" title=\"In a tight spot\">especially slow market in south King County<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting how much the general tone of news articles have changed in just the last six months.  I think the local consciousness is finally starting to realize that Seattle may not be magically immune to the housing bust after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a roundup of some local real estate stories that came out this weekend. The Times and the P-I give Redfin some free advertising by covering their list of Seven Tactics for Selling Your Home. According to the Times, local builder Quadrant Homes (owned by Weyerhaeuser) is impervious to the housing market slowdown. 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