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Does anyone know if you can get earthquake insurance on a brick home in Seattle? I was able to get it on my old stick-built place, with a $20K deductible, but I seem to recall it was not easy and was a bit pricey.
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BillE wrote: Not a photo, but a description. "Don't call me and ask what's wrong with it, go look at the listing yourself!" MLS# 29131728 In the same listing: hot spit you've got an instant equity with future development potential. …
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I am sorry to hear about your troubles. Please don't take this the wrong way, but I really think this will help you. You have GOT to get your emotions in check before you start making any home ownership decisions. Buying a house just because…
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Lamont is right. When the weather turns, desperation will start sinking in. Those idiots that mispriced now will begin to realize that as each month passes, the situation gets more dire. Then the fun begins. Unleash the hounds on them.
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You should be commended on the way you are approaching this. I think the take-home from your post is that we all have different lives, and thus very different expenses. Yours seem perfectly reasonable to me. I do think that going from 20% to …
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I think that you are really answering your own question. - The numbers don't add up. Don't give up that 10% savings. That is the golden goose. I am a little curious about your other expenses though. What are your next three largest expenses…
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Geodesic homes are famous for their rot problems. You want to steer way clear of them. This one appears to be no exception.
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At that rate pendings are failing these days, I find the idea of a 'sold' sign pretty laughable. Courtney has a point.
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Just a few houses from 65th. Bonus! Perhaps the developer is some sort of Rip Van Winkle that fell asleep in 2005, only to wake up, finish his work, and neglect to pick up a newspaper.
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At first, I thought Gardner was just your classic perma-bull. Then I began to realize the guy is just not that bright. I will give him credit where due: He was able to convince people to pay him for his advice. The real fools are the ones wh…
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You could tear it town and build a 150 square foot mud hut in its place. At least Angie won't think you are a self-indulgent American pig for living in (gasp) 1100 square feet. You'd have to beat the seal pups out back though.
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A 3 bedroom place with an 8K SF lot for a single person? That's a lot to bite off You are joking, right? The place is 1100 square feet.
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If I were forced to describe that place with one word, I think I would choose malignant. What a beast. Hope springs eternal for the poor fools trying to unload that thing.
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Back to task now, I have always said that Tacoma condos will be the first real, live, living, breathing incarnation of Eleua's "80% off" call. More will follow. Units in that beast are getting pretty close. Man, how depressing is that place?
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This is classic!! I know he is reading this. Lil' blue, come back, we miss you! Re: "Make Me Move" - This 'feature' will go down in the Housing Bubble Hall of Shame - A way for delusional homeowners to quell the post-purchase cognitive disso…
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Uh Oh, cue angry Angie rant in 3....2....1..... I'm running for the back door while there is still time.
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What chaps the hide of southenders is the expectation of graffiti and window bars. I'll bet accelerating price deflation is contributing to that dry skin. Whether the reason is 'weird' or not, the south end is taking a beating. I like som…
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My advice to you: Don't take anyone's advice here Spend time where you want to live. Walk the streets at night. Do you feel safe? Do you feel comfortable? One of my greatest regrets in my past real estate purchases was that I did n…
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As pointed out on Matt's blog, its sister project, Hjarta, does not seem to be doing much better. I can't imagine paying these prices for something on the the corner of 15th and Market, across from the fire station. http://www5.kingcounty.gov…
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A bear market is like a shark, it must keep moving to stay alive. I agree with sniglet on this. The asset class of real estate may not jitter as much as other classes, but this will not be a straight line to the bottom.
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On top of that, 3-year CD rates are not paying much more than 3% now. That's negative rate territory in real terms. Benny and the Inkjets are really sticking it to our senior citizens.
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One day, Morrow noticed the blade of a saw come through his living room floor, his attorney said. He and a friend managed to bend the blade, which had cut a 2-by-4-foot hole in the floor. WTF is this, a Tom & Jerry Cartoon???
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That guy is a real piece of work. Even if I loathed my potential customers like he apparently does, I would certainly not broadcast it like that! He and Mack have done a great job of galvanizing the (unfair... I admit) negative stereotypes I h…
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Not only that, Susan Ryan quotes none other than 'Bubbles are for Bathtubs' Kendra Todd, as an authoritative macroeconomic source. You can't make this stuff up folks. I have to hand it to them, they at least did a nice frosting job on that 800…
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OP, Whatever you do, DON'T DRIVE UNTIL YOU CAN AFFORD. That has to be the worst possible thing that could be done in our declining market. Not only will you spend your precious hours stuck in traffic, you will also find that our outlying area…
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pumpkin wrote: (I accidentally posted this in the wrong thread -- sorry!) "I'm on a roll now: http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/print ... id=1474042 630 NW 48th St Seattle, WA 98107 last sale: Aug 31, 2007 $384,950 price today: $549,…
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deejayoh wrote: Markor wrote: femto wrote: Actually I've seen several houses I've been eying in Ballard go STI and come off, a couple more than once. I think in this market no one wants to outright reject any bid, even low-balls , so prot…
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I have to agree. I can't imagine those condos being much good for anything other than flipping. Living in an office tower has to be like....living in an office tower.
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If you want to do it because you want to do it, (and can afford it) then do it. If you want to do it because you think it is a good investment, this place has money pit written all over it, starting with its price. That seems like more of a K…
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The effect of that could be upward pressure on house prices, due a big chunk of that 40% of homeowners forestalling moves, significantly lowering supply Um, wait a second here. If someone is not selling, that same person.....drum roll pleas…