{"id":783,"date":"2007-04-30T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2007-04-30T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T15:45:00","slug":"vacation-link-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/30\/vacation-link-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation Link Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like I didn&#8217;t miss <i>too<\/i> much Seattle housing news while I was gone.  I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing the April numbers next week.  Here&#8217;s a summary of what I noticed while clearing my inbox:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seattle, Portland, and Dallas are the only cities of the 20 tracked by the Case-Shiller \/ S&#038;P Index in which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/18336819\/\" title=\"Amid housing bust, some markets still boom\">prices are still rising<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Cohen discusses the latest Case-Shiller \/ S&#038;P Index data in <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/business\/312948_housing25.html\" title=\"Seattle housing prices strong &mdash; for now\">an article with more balance than usual<\/a>.  Don&#8217;t worry though, it still includes the requisite quotes from realtors about &#8220;bidding wars&#8221; and &#8220;soaring prices.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Foreclosures in the first quarter of 2007 in King County were <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/local\/313110_foreclosure26.html\" title=\"Foreclosures are up in Seattle area\">up 37.6% from Q4 2006, and up 0.7% YOY<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Rhodes does her part to pump up the local home salesmen&#8217;s egos with another installment of <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2003680028_homeprices25.html\" title=\"U.S. house-price decline accelerates, but not here\">add some rah-rah fluff to an AP article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Apparently there&#8217;s a bit of a kerfuffle going on up in Snohomish County over <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/snohomishcountynews\/2003679444_aircondo25n0.html\" title=\"Tightly packed &quot;air condos&quot; rile critics\">the creeping spread of something that resembles the resulting offspring of an unholy union between condos and SFHs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m also pleased to report that my nefarious scheme of going on vacation appears to have had the desired effect on <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/\" title=\"Seattle Bubble Forums\">the forums<\/a>.  Membership swelled by nearly 30%, and posting activity skyrocketed.  Here are a few of the more popular and\/or interesting threads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=171\" title=\"Boom on the eastside fueled by recent immigrants?\">Boom on the eastside fueled by recent immigrants?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=182\" title=\"What are the indicators signaling the end of the boom?\">What are the indicators signaling the end of the boom?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=15\" title=\"To buy or not to buy????\">To buy or not to buy????<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=177\" title=\"A Home prices versus inventory comparison\">A Home prices versus inventory comparison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, I believe it is time to say goodbye to the open threads.  For the foreseeable future, all user-driven discussion will take place on the forums.  Thanks for your participation.  I really enjoy reading what everyone comes up with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto; padding: 2px; font-size: 12px; width: 150px; text-align: center; border: 1px dashed #4386ce; background-color: #D5E2F1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/xclick\/business=paypal%40timandjeni.com&#038;no_note=1&#038;tax=0&#038;currency_code=USD&#038;lc=US&#038;item_name=Seattle%20Bubble%20Donation\" title=\"Seattle Bubble Tip Jar\">Seattle Bubble Tip Jar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like I didn&#8217;t miss too much Seattle housing news while I was gone. I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing the April numbers next week. 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