{"id":27605,"date":"2013-10-25T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T18:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=27605"},"modified":"2013-10-25T11:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T18:47:42","slug":"friday-flashback-going-fight-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/25\/friday-flashback-going-fight-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Flashback: “We’re going fight the media”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a gem in a KOMO article from July 2008: "Open House" — sign of the times in Snohomish County<\/a><\/p>\n

Real estate agents in Snohomish County are now resorting to a “shock treatment” for slouching home sales in their area. <\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a>Realtors advertised more than 400 open houses over the weekend. Agents say they hope playing the numbers game adds-up to more home sales.
\n…
\nChris Lamoreaux says the housing market story is more than just numbers.<\/p>\n

“We’re going fight the media (sic)<\/span> that’s been negative about the housing market,” he said. “The real estate market in Snohomish County and the Puget Sound is excellent.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At this point Seattle-area home prices were already down 8% from their peak a year earlier. They proceeded to drop another 27% before bottoming out nearly four years later.<\/p>\n

If only that darn media hadn’t been so negative.<\/p>\n

If you like, you can read my 2008 comments on this article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The purpose of our Friday Flashback series<\/a> is to remind people why it’s never a good idea to base your home purchase decisions on the word of someone with a vested financial interest in selling as many homes as possible for as much as possible, no matter what. If you’ve got a good example of local home salespeople or other industry shills on record making fools of themselves in the years before the bubble burst, shoot me an email<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a gem in a KOMO article from July 2008: "Open House" — sign of the times in Snohomish County Real estate agents in Snohomish County are now resorting to a “shock treatment” for slouching home sales in their area. Realtors advertised more than 400 open houses over the weekend. 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