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You can make all the analogies you want, but the simple fact is that if you are in a recourse state or if you have refinanced, they can come after any and all assets you have if you walk away. It has nothing to do with morality, in my mind. They…
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Looked at a house last night. Been on the market8 months, but they are still living there. I was trying to figure out why they were selling, given that they had that sort of flexibility to just continue living in the house. A new job or a move, …
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You have promised to repay the loan. Sure, you can cut your losses on a bad investment, but you are still obligated to pay those losses. In many circumstances, they can come after you for the difference in court. And in many circumstances they …
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"Anyone remember "UHB," from "Metropolitan"?" Urban Haute Bourjoise. Great movie, with some fantastic lines. "It's a tiny bit arrogant of people to go around worrying about those less fortunate. " "I don't read novels. I prefer good lite…
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5 4 3 2 1....
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Didn't you get the memo? We are a classless society! At least the guys with the money want you to think so. They prefer to keep you sniping at eachother about race or your political views. Keep your mind off the fact that your salary has been …
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"Your picture scares me..." It's amazing I can even reach the pedals, ain't it!
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A christ. Now we can expect the spam of articles delineating the dozen times in all history that a bicycle has seriously injured anyone besides himself. Do you understand relative risks, leaveseattle? My guess is you never leave your house, fo…
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The police are notoriously anti-bicycle, so I don't find value in those statistics. I have personally known 2 people hit by a car taking a right on red. Both times the biker has been cited and the driver has not, even though the driver was clear…
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Fewer than 10 cyclists die annually in all of the state of Washington. Virtually every one is caused by an automobile running into them where the driver was at fault. That tells me two things: 1) I pretty much don't need to worry about dying,…
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2 MPH? WTF? I can walk 4 MPH. Anybody riding 2 MPH would almost certainly be on a sidwalk getting passed by people with walkers. Until the training wheels came off, of course. Running over bikes and then your concern is what if someone bumps y…
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My name is Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht.
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All three tiers are falling here, Jon, and they will continue to fall. The inner areas may not fall quite as much, particularly in LA where subprime influenced the run-up of lower-end more than higher end, but no area's immune. Bottom calling th…
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The emergency is what could possibly be wrong with the numbers! They are showing double digit declines! Does not compute! Error. Error.
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Even in many falling areas, high end homes close-in are becoming and will continue to become more expensive ... - Jon. This isn't true. It just takes longer because the move-up buyers have to first disappear because they give up selling th…
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We Americans are generally optimists by nature, so it may be a long long time. In my crystal ball, I see declines for the next few years, then we bounce along the bottom for at least another 5 after that. So maybe after 6 years, we finally destr…
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Actually, I was just talking to someone who moved in-city, and down-sized to 2 bedrooms, and they already have 2 kids. I know several families in that position, actually. Everyone has different priorities. The bubble ends when it's near-univer…
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As for 8-10 years, Dunno. My guess is not so hot, but I don't see a reason why it would do better or worse than the region as a whole. My guess is it is and will fall sooner than Seattle Proper, but everything will get to close to the same place …
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Edmonds appears to be in RE hell. Houses seem to be just sitting for ever, from what I can see. One of the local RE bloggers (Sandy?) has confirmed that Edmonds is in bad shape right now.
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I resemble that remark.
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Speaking of mold, the massive 2007 McCraftsman next-door that ate the old modest rambler and most of it's yard, has had a mold extraction truck out front the last few days. Touring it when it was on the market, the finishes were beautiful. When …
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I think you're a bit high on inventory. 1998, but not a moldy Ballard townhome more!
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Banks borrowing directly from the fed was taboo until recently. It made people think you might be insolvent. Of course now that we already know they are insolvent, it's all good.
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But, but... ...my cursor is been hovering over the "BUY NOW" button on Redfin for months now, as I madly refresh this thread over and over again in another window. I even set it up as a 1-click shopping experience to make sure I was the first one…
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Who knew you could buy a condo in Monroe?!? Half price, 2 years from now.
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Decent neighborhood with a peek-a-boo, but... ...900K last year? Now asking 650K as a short sale. When it went on last year I was puzzled at the high price. Smells like fraud.
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I can agree with that. I largely avoid riding with others... ... unless they are hot (back when I was single, honey! Ouch!). I can't imagine doing the STP. Sounds like a nightmare. I would do chilly hilly the weekend before everyone else, …
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And what if a driver did this -- position his car so you either have to stop or run into him? Would you be pissed off for just 2-3 seconds before going back to running through stop signs and red lights? Drivers do that all the time! They do…
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When I'm riding on a sidewalk (a rarity) I go down to pedestrian speeds. Any bike rider with a modicum of experience can easily gear down to pace pedestrians in a split-second. Unless your bike is motorized, that is. Maybe half the car driv…
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I live on the Burke Gillman, and in a car, I treat it as a stop-sign in the summer. The traffic is so much greater on the trail than on the roads, it should be a stop sign for cars in a perfect world. Every morning when school's in, a school bus…