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BECU isn't the only CU that offers that deal (higher interest on the first $500 in checking and first $500 in savings). Watermark does as well. Strings are attached (as is the case with Verity, too). For BECU and Watermark, you need to have one a…
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S-Crow, no doubt! Not too many folks in Seattle in in the 6+ kids demographic these days. When I was growing up, two of my best friends were from very large families. My very first best friend was the youngest of six; one of my best friends in hi…
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Thanks for that, Ira--I appreciate it. So, as a back of the envelope calculation, that's about 10% of the SFH listed in King County right now: 690 short + 235 REO = 925 About 9800 SFH listed on the front page right now Veddy veddy interest…
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With the line about ten Guatamalans in a hut echoing in my head, I remembered a profile I saw this weekend, of a 431 SF living space for a family of 4 (and check out that big dog!): http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/look ... son-083273 Grant…
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My family of four lives in about 800 sf, 2 BR, 1 bath. In fact the basement is 600 more feet of finished space, with an additional bedroom and 3/4 bath down there...but since we're doing totally fine up here with the space we've got we rent it ou…
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A 3 bedroom place with an 8K SF lot for a single person? That's a lot to bite off. Do you expect a spouse and kids on the scene in the near future? Planning to take in a renter to help pay the mortgage? As you might surmise, I think a 3BR place i…
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RCC says: HA! I can count the people I know under age 70 who didn't use their house as an ATM on one hand. Well, now you know another one. CS says: We would like to swing a 15-year mortgage -- or at least to buy something modest and …
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Also from the article: In the Seattle metro area, the seasonally adjusted jobless rate jumped to 7.8 percent, from 6.7 percent in January and 4.1 percent in February 2008. It appears Seattle is rather more average than exceptional in this rega…
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Yikes, Amazed, I hope you guys are OK as the situation unfolds. That totally sucks. Reading this: My landlord is ~24 and owns 5+ houses, most of which are apparently in default. I can't help but wondering if these situations are being …
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Hey all--sure was fun to meet you on Sunday. Civil Servant, I'm trying to find your business card, which looks like it escaped somewhere--maybe send me a forum mail? Thanks! Ira and I were talking about the establishment of the Columbia City hist…
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Coincidentally, I just saw this short piece on the crews that "trash out" foreclosed houses in southern California. It's just heartbreaking how much *stuff* gets left behind, then goes straight to the landfill when the bank wants the house cleaned …
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The truth is that too many people fill their extra space with stuff they don't need, rarely use and sometimes don't even remember. There are multiple TV shows about helping people clean out their junk. Standards of living don't need to come down to …
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What's the place in Renton? Don't hold out on us, man! Is the pizza place you're talking about the one along the waterfront? Used to be the Lakeside Tavern (or whatever that one was, right there by the jog in the road)? My husband is a pizza f…
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Dang! Skyway is Ira's stomping grounds, if I recall correctly. That "fixer" looks like it's in a whole lot better shape than either of my houses were when we got them. I wonder what the "Not for the faint of heart" part of it is. Kinda makes me …
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I'm definitely in. The baked good at the CC bakery are absolutely divine. Sniglet, we'll be sorry to miss you. Good on you for teaching Sunday school. I started a Girl Scout troop for the same reason. What's that joke Garrison Keillor made abo…
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Dave, babe, if you're in the area all the time, could you do us the favor of learning to spell 'Rainier' correctly? Maybe the whole spelling thing is one of those annoying white people traits. Sniglet, I think the relevant question is mix of h…
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Yep, starts at the bottom all right. The NWMLS numbers released today shows that 380 (SE Seattle) was the only area that had positive YOY price changes for single family houses. See page 2 of http://www.nwrealestate.com/nwrpub/common/getRpt.cfm?o…
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Marlon, I'm sorry to hear about your situation--very sad. How is the job search going? Any chance you'll be "back in the game" soon? I wish I had some advice about how to make it work out...all I can tell you is that if you do get foreclosed, …
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Civil Servant, that would be totally fun. I'd be glad to show you the good, the bad, and the ugly. Can we do something like private email within this forum? I'm not sure I want to make my real email address public. Alternatively, we could set a date…
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Hey, maybe the meetup idea has legs? I wonder if that eskercurve guy who asked about Beacon Hill would be interested too. Maybe instead of a drink on a weekday we could get coffee midmorning on a weekend. I'd be happy to clear the car seats and …
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Um, where have you guys been for the last, oh, 90 years? This is nothing new. Go for a drive in any established in-city neighborhood, look carefully at the pattern of houses' ages, and it's usually pretty easy to pick up the decade when infill de…
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If you can't say something nice... ...then come sit next to me. Public Enemy, you're pretty funny. Just keep doing what you do best. Love you, baby. Hey Ira, what say we propose the next Bubble meetup down in the south end? Start out …
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Ah, grasshopper, you still do not understand. A few short years later ...the mortgage will be paid off. Your landlord will expect you to continue to pay rent, regardless of whether he or she still owes on the building where you reside.
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I won't...'cause that's how much I'll still owe on my mortgage in 2011!
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You rang? OK, you guys got me. I've got to concede that you get much better value in the pastoral north end, for instance: http://www.windermere.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=listing.SearchLanding&searchConstraintType=mls&ln=29009476#">%…
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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 some south-end neighborhoods, but one must be careful not to pay too much. When I was seeing mode…
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Oh, absolutely, the best way to get to know a place is to physically be there. No doubt about it. What chaps the hide of southenders is the expectation of graffiti and window bars. I'd be willing to bet cash money that if we looked in the grittie…
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Mike is right, I forgot about "New Holly"--it was a Hope VI redevelopment of public housing into a mix of market-rate and subsidized housing. I think there is still building going on there, or there are still phases to go--is that right Ira? The …
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Beacon Hill is great. I've lived a little ways away (in Columbia City) for almost ten years and I know a lot of folks who live on Beacon. The RE market is perhaps being hit harder in the south end than the north, more foreclosures, because (a) mo…
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Finally, a topic that inspired me to join the forum! If you like this thread, you will love the blog at http://www.lovelylisting.com/, called "It's Lovely, I'll Take It!" Photos are submitted from around the globe, but I believe the blogger is…