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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/realestate/archives/147740.asp#comments I guess Eleua and Synthetik haven't paid their club dues lately (and they ruined the party for everybody else too, SO third grade)!
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I'm an EE who took a fair amount of courses in AC power. Battelle Labs (at the Pacific Northwest Labs or PNL in Richland) did a study a number of years back where they raised animals directly underneath high-voltage transmission lines (generally 10…
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Markor wrote: Robroy wrote: Minimum wage should be abolished. It is none of the governments business. Yeah, sweatshops are great. Gov't has no business preventing people from being exploited. Let's abolish the FDA too; we don't need no st…
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You're absolutely correct, Jillayne, and I should have corrected that. I have continued to hear those highly annoying ads on the radio and was about to contact Fisher Communications but (must be the wisdom of my years) did some more checking firs…
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Ha ha ha, RCC! Funny, you mentioning central air on probably the hottest day of the year. Yes, just like that tuxedo--you don't use it except for a few times a year, but when you do use it, you really need it! I grew up in eastern WA and us…
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Not the first time that this has happened to a house built on that show. It all boils down to a lack of financial management skills, on which one may receive a semester's worth of training on during high school economics. It has NOTHING to do wi…
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Late-breaking news! Local auto dea . . uh, I mean, a group of companies, organizations, and individuals report that now is a great time to buy a brand-new pickup truck or SUV. Don't believe all of the anti-SUV hype out there in the media right now…
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Well, I stopped at the house tonight to take pictures of the still-unmowed and weedified (gotta get those Bushisms in while he's still in office ) landscaping, and the neighbor came out (who owns the mirror-image house across the street, the last …
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hbtrina, I, too, am a homeowner, but bought my house ten years ago when houses were still priced according to the historic fundamentals; my house price was about 3x the median income in my area at the time, I put over 20% down, and my monthly pay…
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I don't usually like to resurrect dead threads, but this news is too good not to share. It was reported last night that the State of WA has revoked the license of Paramount Equity Mortgage and fined them $500K for slimeball behavior, including …
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Hbtrina, People can spend their free time any way that they like. If you don't like this thread, feel free to ignore it. As to whether it matters what people are asking for their houses, well, it often is the perfect illustration that the marke…
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The number is going to vary as it depends upon how many listings expire at the end of the previous month.
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: I'd recommend a plug-in hybrid over hydrogen. It's going to be a stillborn technology at the consumer level I think. Yes, and where is the hydrogen going to come from? Well, from the oil & gas companies of co…
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The funniest RE agent signage that I ever saw was in the central part of Mercer Island, with a sign header of "WATERFRONT" -- Huh? It's in the middle of the frickin' island! Turns out there was a man-made lake (well, maybe low spot would be a be…
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EastSiderenter wrote: Another inflated condo erecting near Microsoft http://whiteswancondos.com/ ... at a starting price of ..drum roll..... $400,000 for 1000 sq feet. $400 per sq feet and it isn't even in Bellevue. Unbelievable. Haven't …
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Well, I just walked by this house yesterday afternoon and took a look-see again, and now there is a RE sign up, and that's all. Lawn is almost a foot tall, and there is 3-foot-tall fieldgrass growing in the landscaped area along the street. From…
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This is not the first time this has happened to one of the homes built on that show. The increase in property taxes alone is enough of an additional burden to make it unaffordable for some (so even a 'free' house really isn't). Consider going fr…
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bubble_popper wrote: . . . Also, the neighborhood has some really crappy homes (at the 148th/old redmond rd intersection) which are a real eyesore - i can't imagine anyone paying more than 50k for those. Hey now! I LIVE in one of those crapp…
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redmond_watcher wrote: Looks like home prices are rapidly falling near Microsoft too. I found this listing today http://www.windermere.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Listing.ListingDetail&ListingID=19908913. From KC records, this house was bought in…
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Cougar wrote: . . . Beautifully renovated w/ state-of-art gourmet ktchn/granite counters/SS appl/hardwds. Not sure where agents get their "selling" verbage~ ugh.....ugly~ I agree. In 20 years people will walk through that very same kitchen…
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Cue the realtors' 'This transaction would have gone much smoother if you had used a RE professional' speech in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
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Thanks for posting Greg and I do appreciate you sharing your market insights and analysis, both over there and here. You represent your profession very well. I also have largely given up on the SREP blog as well, as it seems like it's only pur…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: . . . This gave me a real weird thought. How much can you get away with stripping things out of a house that you intend to walk away from? Copper prices are high, and so are lumber prices. If you remove your hardwood…
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Big Mike 34 wrote: . . . There is no alternatives for them but Foreclosure... This is not true. They can sell the house at a loss (to them) and bring money to the table at closing. Cash out a 401K if needed. Or borrow money from a relative…
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One word: teardown. That neighborhood (far North Rose Hill, just south of Totem Lake area) has a bunch of those single-story, built-on-slab, flat-roof sorry excuses for houses that are already becoming surrounded and infiltrated by newer, higher-d…
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RottedOak wrote: . . . Still, I don't expect the shows about flipping (such as the aforementioned "Flip This House") and super-positive staging/renovation shows ("Designed to Sell," etc.) to disappear. These shows have the luxury of looking around…
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This is nothing more than wishful thinking at this point. The entire project hinges upon the developer's ability to obtain financing for the whole deal, and I suspect that this will be increasingly difficult as our current financial crisis continue…
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ira s wrote: But sometimes a buyer just won't go near a place that needs updating. You may not get your initial investment back by redoing a bathroom or kitchen, but you might be able to sell it, rather than have it lingering on the market for who…
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ira s wrote: Funny that the description reads "value is in the land". Really? I thought it was in the exposed moldy medium density fiberboard. No, for me it's the outdoor tub/shower combo--perfect for those closet exhibitionists
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deejayoh wrote: Fripp wrote: Entire post is gone now...wonder if someone at the PI caught wind of the TOS violation. Looks like they took it down, put it back up with the link removed, and removed comments/ability to comment. http://…