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rudeboy wrote: Might be different school districts, property tax rates, etc... 5% is not huge. Different school districts is something that can make a huge difference, so I would agree that this is worth checking. In my experience, the dif…
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jon wrote: rose-colored-coolaid wrote: ou're right, that would be better than what we have now. But still less good than EVs. Go flame elsewhere. The less sarcastic way of stating my point would be to note that gasoline is an approxi…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: Notabull wrote: It's truly an exciting time right now for electric cars! Have you read about super capacitors? Nope. I focus my attention on ultracapacitors. Bah. Ultra-mega-mega capacitors will …
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siddha99 wrote: IMO, the issue is not one specific to the Eastside. Most whiteys own a TV. They turn this TV on when they get home from work. They listen to the messages on their TV for several hours a day. The TV tells them they need a germ-fr…
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"Now there's a smart move! Any thoughts?" I think that it flies in the face of the sage advice from the Village People and subsequently the Pet Shop Boys. They were quite clear when they dictated that we should "go west".
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I couldn't believe it when I saw that news article. Hopefully, they're being a tiny bit sensible and only giving money to those people that ARE selling, have a lot of equity, and just have a job loss or some other issue like that. i.e. people wher…
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sid wrote: I think housing prices will stop going down now in seattle and remain stagnant for quite some time. No 10-20% correction this year. Will be interesting to see if case shiller data in summer shows this period as bottom of housing price c…
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"My guess is that it's mainly Pierce and Snohomish counties that are dragging the "Seattle" numbers down." My gut wants to agree with you, but the median King County price is -10% down from July. Sure, we all know that median price is a bit whac…
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deeplennon wrote: carlislematthew wrote: It should also be noted that there is only one other time in the entire data series where the MOM figure is -1.4% And actually, it's now the record MOM decline, 1.43%, jan-feb 91 was 1.42%. …
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It should also be noted that there is only one other time in the entire data series where the MOM figure is -1.4%, so we've actually reached our previous record MOM price decline. Here is a quick snapshot of that previous period: September 1990 …
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"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law
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"Thanks again for all the help!" You're welcome! I'm sure I'll miss some places out, but you might want to check out: -Greenlake -Greenwood/Phinney Ridge -Wallingford -East/North Capitol Hill (15th Ave is nice - check that out, but not c…
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I think the answer to the question depends on what you like to do. So, scuba steve, what are your hobbies and general activities? Do you like to go and see bands? Do you like grungy dive bars, or do you prefer newer and "cleaner" establishments…
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perfectfire wrote: 2369 132nd Ave SE BellevueWA 98005 Sold 11/30/2006: $685,000 Pending (as of 1/22/2008): $630,000 8% drop in a little over a year. Pending, not sold yet, according to the RE agent. This is fairly close to where I live so…
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"My 401k is in MM and that still worries me, but not much choice there and I don't want to quit my job." Are there no stable income funds (treasuries, etc) in your 401K? Those should be relatively fine even in times such as these. Unless you're…
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"I personally think markets are getting somewhat oversold." I agree, although they'll likely get as oversold on the way down as they got overbought on the way up! Irrational fears can work on both sides. When I turn on CNBC and see that neo-c…
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rentalbliss wrote: This one I would buy if only it would get closer to the 300-320k range. But still quite a nice drop from original asking price. Wow! I don't follow that area much, but that seems like a pretty decent house. The price de…
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TJ_98370 wrote: ...When we get a tax deduction on the interest when buying a car from an American car company, that's when I know things have really gone to hell! Did you know that credit card interest used to be tax dedcutible? I had …
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"I maintain that most people today of later generations (including myself) are a lot more casual about taking on debt." I entirely agree. The only point I wanted to make was that it can *sometimes* make sense to finance a car. Mostly though, pe…
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laxtosnoco wrote: Uh, I think a lot of us still pay cash for cars. I was willing to use student debt as an investment in myself, and I'm okay with mortgage debt because there's ultimately a break even point vs. renting, but I don't see the advant…
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"At somewhere around $375K the thing may sell" Scotsman, this is what you said back in November of last year. We'll see if you were right! Their craigslist ad stinks of desperation, so I wouldn't be surprised if they took something way under 40…
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Figure out how much this place is going to cost you, including everything. Mortgage, utilities, reduction in earnings on the down-payment, etc. Skip NOTHING in the calculations. Then take a guess at how often you'll use it. Divide that number …
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What's a "library"? Is it a site on the Internets?
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uwp wrote: acurawsu wrote: I live in the same neighborhood as this house: I know it can rent for $1,400 so I did some quick math, and figured I could break even if I paid around 210k. So I used redfin to submit an offer for $210k. I was ha…
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" too bad we don't have the stomach to live there again." Why not? The commute was bad, or something? Serious question....
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Check out the pictures! It's listed as a "2+ bedroom" and the pictures show you why. You can see a bed in the unfinished basement with the unfinished ceiling right above it! There is no way this house is 2000 sq ft.
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"The jobs they add will increase demand for housing, but without the easy credit that demand is going to be for houses that cost less than they currently do." That's exactly right. The best case is that jobs remain plentiful, builders keep build…
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The Tim wrote: That was some great advice, CM. I was hoping to work the positive angle in, but the call ended much sooner than I thought it would. I got just under four minutes on-air, whereas the producer had led me to believe it would be close…
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The Tim wrote: The people from the show got back to me today, and I'll be on early in the 11:00 hour, just after some guy from the Washington Mortgage Brokers' Association. The subject is "The sub prime crisis: Who's responsible, how low could…
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SeattleMoose wrote: Meshugy As our resident troll and RE bull you are invited to a special Xmas dinner consisting of......CROW (broiled or baked...your choice). :twisted: Baby Blue? I recall a bet that Meshugy made with someone on thi…