{"id":15647,"date":"2011-05-18T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=15647"},"modified":"2014-11-07T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T14:29:16","slug":"schizo-price-drops-on-seminary-campus-in-tacoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/18\/schizo-price-drops-on-seminary-campus-in-tacoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Schizo Price Drops on Seminary Campus in Tacoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some readers may recall this sprawling, 13,000-square-foot mansion for sale on a 9-acre estate down in Tacoma from <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/03\/fast-good-cheap-pick-any-two\/\" title=\"Fast, Good, Cheap: Pick Any Two\">an earlier post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em; margin:0 auto 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Tacoma\/4501-N-Stevens-St-98407\/home\/2991996\" title=\"4501 N Stevens St Tacoma, WA 98407\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/NWBS-Tacoma.png\" style=\"border:1px solid #000000;\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Tacoma\/4501-N-Stevens-St-98407\/home\/2991996\" title=\"4501 N Stevens St Tacoma, WA 98407\">Northwest Baptist Seminary: For sale in Tacoma<\/a><\/div>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/seattle.curbed.com\/archives\/2011\/05\/holy-price-chop-tacoma-seminary-now-listed-at-7m.php\" title=\"Holy Price Chop! Tacoma Seminary Now Listed at $7m\">I pointed out to Curbed Seattle<\/a> last week, the seminary campus recently had a massive $1,000,000 price drop&mdash;12.5% off the previous list price of $8,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>This week they followed up one of the biggest price drops in the region with one of the smallest.  Yesterday they knocked another $4,500 off the list price, a drop of 0.06%.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t interested at $6,999,500, but now that you dropped the price to $6,995,000, I&#8217;m contacting my agent <em>right away<\/em> to write up an offer!<\/p>\n<p>Wait, no.  Nobody who might be in the market for a $7m seminary campus in Tacoma is going to be moved to action by a $4,500 price drop.  So what possible reason could the listing agent and seller have to push such a piddly price drop?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some readers may recall this sprawling, 13,000-square-foot mansion for sale on a 9-acre estate down in Tacoma from an earlier post: Northwest Baptist Seminary: For sale in Tacoma As I pointed out to Curbed Seattle last week, the seminary campus recently had a massive $1,000,000 price drop&mdash;12.5% off the previous list price of $8,000,000. 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