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I know people who bought there (now laid off WAMU employees) and they have told me that things seem to be getting worse, not better in Belltown. Not only are they sorry they bought at the peak of the bubble and are now trapped financaily, they are s…
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http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/12/14/daily18.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article Good to see growing awareness of a crime that implicates not only JPMC, but the FED, Goldman Sachs, and the federal government......essentially …
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I found #10 in the list most interesting...Europe seems to have dodged the bullet...which is astounding coz I was in Warsaw in 2005 and a year later in 2006, and just in one year some downtown condo RE prices had increased by 50 to 75 percent. "S…
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Rent for another year. The Alt-A wave is just rearing up. Prices will continue to drop the next year. Nothing is worse than buying a place and then wishing you had waited. It could take a long time to recover your downpayment equity if you become "u…
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deprogram...sorry to hear about your bad experiences. After moving here from TX in late 2005 (REALLY bad time to arrive as bubble was still inflating and froth was at an all time high) decided to rent. 1) Apt in Kirkland (Villagio) - great exp…
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For a "dead cat bounce" it is a big one. Must have been a rubber cat..... :twisted: There is little justification for the "froth" on WallStreet. The fundamentals are just not there. Might be a good time to "lock in" if you still on that roller co…
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This Just In!!!! The government's "trial balloon" is over. Turns out the CFC program was just a strawman for a new program called "Cash for Dumps" (CFD). Rules are as follows: 1) House had to have been bought between 2004 and 2007 2) Had …
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In my place of employment 12 engineers have decided to move to TX...10 permanently and only 2 "temporary".
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For the past 20 years I have been putting 5% of monthly gross into 401Ks, stocks, etc. First 10 years I let "investment advisers" guide me. My return was 2/3% a year. Then I decided to actively take over my own portfolio and follow my own instinc…
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Hey, how come this report was not on the local news? In fact, I just heard on KOMO news this morning that the recession will be over by the end of the year!!!
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Appears being in the calm/sunny "eye of the hurricane" has made us forget we are in a hurricane. So it must be a good time to: 1) buy RE 2) buy stocks 3) start charging up those CC's 4) buy a car from some bankrupt car company Obviously, t…
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"where all of the for-profit banks failed. Now that would be ironic." Gee, I wonder where all the "profits" went...
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." ~~ Bertrand Russell ~~ (1872 - 1970) I must say back in 2007 there was ZERO doubt HERE as to the outcome would…
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Sorry, just beat you to it. I just wired them a $1000 deposit.
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I lived in TX for 10 years and loved it. People are more real (e.g. no pseudo intellectuals) than up here. And as far as weather, in TX you get 5 months of hell and 7 months of heaven. Here you get 9 months of hell and 3 months of heaven (sometimes…
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Wait, why is this even an issue? Last I heard AIG porkers were gonna be forced to give back their bonuses or have them taxed away. Didn't that happen? Even Obama and Helicopter Ben expressed their "concern". You mean it was all "just talk"? Funny…
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Anyone who lies to make $$$ is unethical. Period. Ultimately, the liars are only digging their own grave (reputation shot)as well as casting the whole RE industry in a very bad light. The NAR is a laughing stock....or worse. Besides, paying 6%…
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Geez RCC.....stop being such a sheep and grow some horns!!! Were you against the WTC protests too? Trying to work "within the system" does not work when the system reaches a certain tipping point of inbreeding and corruption. We are at that…
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"People are pissed off about this financial crisis, and about this bailout, but they're not pissed off enough. The reality is that the worldwide economic meltdown and the bailout that followed were together a kind of revolution, a coup d'état. They …
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I can use newspaper to: 1) Help get a fire going in a fireplace 2) Burn it to keep my hands warm in a "tent city" scenario 3) Read wherever I want (e.g. camping) 4) Keep physical historical records of events (in case the electricity/batteries …
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Its a great time to............................................................fly?
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Part of the problem with the western financial system is that too much money/power is concentrated in too few hands. This did not happen by accident. It was a conspiracy executed over decades. Consolidation of power into the hands of a few streng…
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Let's hope that the two cycles (commerical and defense) don't superimpose on top of each other creating a double sinusoidal "low" point. Global recession/depression = huge falloff in air travel Endless bailouts and declining tax revenue = more …
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And what exactly was this person's "worth" to society in comparison to say a teacher, nurse, or police officer.....to justify this obscenely lavish lifestyle? It must be that while he was sitting in a swank office he made all sorts of "wise" busi…
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Poor Baby Blue....a little behind the times. It was all "good" on the way up and he could hardly wait to beat us over the head with how "special" Ballard was. He was warned....MANY times that this day would come. Now it is too late.
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In related news....CalTech seismologists predict a "big one" in California within the next 30 years. :twisted:
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When King Henry was trying to ram TARP down the throat of America it was a dire emergency, just sign it now, or we'll all be dead tomorrow. If you remember: 1) He wanted no oversight on how the money got spent 2) He wanted to be free from all l…
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Bottom? Seattle price drops are ~1.5 years "behind" places like CA and FL. We have a long way to go yet.....a very long way.
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Yes expectations will be lower...but not because people suddenly become more evolved/mature/responsible/wise/etc. It will be due to purely economic reasons. And people will be kicking and screaming all the way down..... Think of that proverbial m…
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So much for rising rents here in Seaddle.....we are #5 in the country in the list of metro areas with the biggest rent DECREASES. http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/106480/Rents-Drop-Nationwide-as-Vacancies-Spike