biliruben
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The house in the first post, listed at $499K went for $410K in March.
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The CamWest home is under 3K lot!?! I like the name but deplore the house.
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3900 sq ft lot!?! If I'm living in The Boonies, I demand an acre, minimum. Preferably 10.
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If you think the vast majority of homeless are of sound mind, then you need to go talk to them. They'll straighten you out quick!
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If you think the eastside of the lake has nice roads, you should check out the east side of the mountains. They seem to be repaving every other month over there. Not just roads, either. WSU has mile upon unused mile of bike paths that would be bi…
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A number of Realtors are also speculators and landlords. They have a huge advantage in transaction costs and insider info, so that makes sense. They are doubly leveraged in this circumstance: both wealth and income decline. If RE goes down, the…
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Yeah, when I lived in Fremont and had more free time, a lap around Mercer Island was my regular ride.
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Ferries are a part of the highway system.
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Yeah, saw that. Good for Joe. Hopefully he eeked out a fair profit for his work.
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Uh... Blair didn't stay in office, and the war was a major reason why, iirc.
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Wait for it... Wait for it...
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How about we just regulate them first, and skip the punishment altogether. That doesn't seem to be the way our current administration works, unfortunately.
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That's a shame, but I was glad she stuck to her guns, even if you property went from being worth a million to being worth nothing. The construction workers apparently really looked out for her, bringing her groceries and such.
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A few months ago it was primarily non-King and outer-periphery areas of King that were like this. I'm seeing these sorts of underwater properties for sale more and more in-city, as the bust creeps closer to the job-centers. Edmonds, Shoreline a…
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Sick 'em, shrew!
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For once, I'd agree with ubersalad. Just pretend prices only went up 2% a year for the last 6 years, and then make your decision.
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I find the best part of Seattle to not be Seattle at all. The city is sorely lacking in nice parks and other public amenities. The key, in any weather, is to get out of the city. I tried living here without a car for over a year when I first ar…
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Sounds reasonable. Why didn't you also try a bank? I did a similar thing with our first house, though it was two brokers and a bank. The key also is to make sure all the fees and points are comparable to get an apples-to-apples comparison, whi…
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I think people work too hard, suffer from depression due to weather and are disproportionally introverted in this town. I wouldn't take it personally. Me, I was lucky to move here knowing several very gregarious friends, so I never had to work t…
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He he. He's not dangerous.
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Yeah - I live in Shrew Ridge now, didn't ya notice. The neighborhood is full of nosy, grouchy old Shrews who's husbands worked themselves to death so Lovey could live her last days on the ridge. That little beastie doesn't look real, does it?
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Such is the power of granite!
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I got it at the QFC.
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I bought the hardcopy at lunch. It relies on quotes from Crellin and his counter-part in SD. The upshot: - People in San Diego are more stupid, so they took out more subprime loans. Curiously the only statistic Kirsten Grind uses to defend t…
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Apparently my flipper bud realized $500 wasn't going to cut it, and decided to take $10/hr. He hopes. Price down to 309K.
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Just your standard, run-of-the-mill flip: 445K last year, 729K today. Drop some carpet in the basement so you can "double" the square feet, add some shiny appliances, and profit! I can't believe the flippers are still playing th…
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I don't really expect a 30% drop nationally, but it could happen I suppose. 20-25% seems more realistic. I had thought the 29 some-odd% equity estimate among mortgage holders was a late 2007 number, before we saw the serious home-price cliff-div…
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More on equity from CR and the flow of funds report: This graph shows homeowner percent equity since 1952. Even though prices have risen dramatically in recent years, the percent homeowner equity has fallen significantly (because of mortgage equit…
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Too funny! Yeah I lived (renting from the out-of-country owner) 2 floors (4th) above your unit for 8 years. I still have the dents in my car to prove it! Park on the N side of the lot at your own risk. Drunks like to turn around there. It sound…
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I moved out of a 1970s condo in fall 2003, BTW. 3635 Fremont by any chance? I think older condos will probably hold their value a bit better than new ones, but they'll all decline more than SFHs, is my guess.