{"id":967,"date":"2007-07-15T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T20:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/miscellaneous-non-sequiturs\/"},"modified":"2007-07-15T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2007-07-15T20:25:26","slug":"miscellaneous-non-sequiturs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/miscellaneous-non-sequiturs\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous Non Sequiturs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 1.2em;\">Inventory Reaches Big Round Number<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/12\/new-feature-sidebar-inventory-tracker\/#comment-17520\" title=\"Comments on Sidebar Inventory Tracker\">some astute readers have noticed<\/a>, as of noon today, the number of single-family homes on the market in King County passed the big round 10,000 mark (see the left sidebar&mdash;which I am continually working to improve based on your suggestions).  Since <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/15\/new-king-county-sfh-inventory-record\/\" title=\"New King County SFH Inventory Record\">surpassing the previous <i>confirmed<\/i> high (Sept. &#8217;02 &#8211; 9,176) last month<\/a>, inventory has grown at an average rate of about 26 homes added per day, despite decreasing by over 150 during the days leading up to Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>Also worth noting is that in my recent research of the historical Seattle Real Estate Research Reports <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/23\/a-conversation-with-steve-tytler\/\" title=\"A Conversation with Steve Tytler\">mentioned by Steve Tytler<\/a>, I was able to obtain inventory information for King &#038; Snohomish (combined) back through 1988.  The highest level of inventory in these reports was in August 1991 at 26,646 (that includes SFH, Condo, Land, Mobile, Commercial, &#038; Multi-family).  In breakdown data that was provided from 1993 to 1996, approximately 59% of total listings were SFH.  This translates to a record of roughly 15,721 SFH on the market in King and Snohomish counties in August 1991.  As of this post there are 15,648.  I&#8217;m betting we break the all-time record here <i>really<\/i> soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 1.2em;\">Guest Posting at Get Rich Slowly<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I have a guest post going up over at the excellent personal finance blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/\" title=\"Get Rich Slowly\">Get Rich Slowly<\/a>.  As you might expect, the subject of my post is how renting vs. buying affects ones personal finances.  Head over there tomorrow to check out my post, and bookmark J.D.&#8217;s site or add it to your feed reader.  I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 1.2em;\">Seattle Civil Defense Manual<\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/04\/seattle-civil-defense-manual-1951\/\" title=\"Seattle Civil Defense Manual - 1951\">mentioned this before on here<\/a>, but it was way back when there were a few hundred readers a day instead of a few thousand, so I thought I&#8217;d throw it out there again.  Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timandjeni.com\/Seattle_Civil_Defense_1951.html\" title=\"Tim &#038; Jeni's: Seattle Civil Defense Manual (1951)\">Seattle Civil Defense Manual<\/a> from 1951.  It has nothing to do with real estate, but it is probably of interest to anyone living in Seattle that enjoys a bit of history.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Defense Manual is a 25 page booklet that instructs local residents on how to be prepared for an atomic attack.  A coworker discovered it in his garage, and it was so interesting I had to scan it and share it online.  Be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timandjeni.com\/images\/SeattleCivilDefense\/Seattle_Civil_Defense_1951_p10-11.html\" title=\"Tim &#038; Jeni - Seattle Civil Defense Manual pgs 10-11\">pages 10 and 11<\/a>, which contain pictures of Seattle and other Puget Sound points of interest as they existed 54 years ago.  The entire publication is both interesting and amusing in a twisted sort of way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 1.2em;\">Dragonfly<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, check out this picture of a cool dragonfly that I took in our flower garden on Friday:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px auto; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/20070713-dragonfly.jpg\" title=\"Some Cool Dragonfly - Click to enlarge\" rel=\"lightbox[967]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/20070713-dragonfly-tn.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Some Cool Dragonfly - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Some Cool Dragonfly\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/20070713-dragonfly.jpg\" title=\"Some Cool Dragonfly - Click to enlarge\" rel=\"lightbox[967]\">Click to enlarge<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inventory Reaches Big Round Number As some astute readers have noticed, as of noon today, the number of single-family homes on the market in King County passed the big round 10,000 mark (see the left sidebar&mdash;which I am continually working to improve based on your suggestions). 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