» Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2009-10-17
17/10/09 13:00 from Seattle Bubble
\"Americans are still delusional about the long-term trajectory for house prices\" http://is.gd/4fMeE # Peter Schiff on the Dori Monson show right now on 97.3FM # \"Washington has lost almost 1 out of every 20 jobs since the state\'s economy b..
» Estimating the Local Effects and Aftermath of the $8,000 Tax Credit
16/10/09 13:00 from Seattle Bubble
Organizations like the National Ass. of Realtors and the National Ass. of Home Builders have been throwing around estimates of how many sales have been “stimulated” by the $8,000 tax credit nationwide, and a recent editorial by..
» Seattle-Area Foreclosures Appear to Resume Pre SB-5810 Rise
15/10/09 13:00 from Seattle Bubble
Time for our September update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: September 2009 King: 796 NTS, up 31% YOY Snohomish: 421 NTS, up 42% YOY Pierce: 479 NTS, down 11% ..
» Rent vs. Buy Comparisons: Have the excesses been removed?
14/10/09 13:00 from Seattle Bubble
Let\'s try another rent vs. buy exercise to see if “all the excesses have already been removed” as some have claimed . Rather than delve into depth on a specific randomly-selected Seattle-area neighborhood, let\'s instead look at..
» Desperately Searching for a Truly Positive Sign
13/10/09 16:00 from Seattle Bubble
[ Warning: The following commentary is only marginally related to real estate / housing.] Despite what some of my readers in the real estate industry may think, I\'m a generally upbeat, optimistic kind of guy. I like to believe that things ..
» Lawrence Yun: “Home values have overshot downward”
11/10/09 22:58 from Seattle Bubble
In case there is any doubt about whether NAR chief “economist” Lawrence Yun is just as much of a shameless price-boosting shill as his predecessor David Lereah , I present some excerpts from a post he made on Friday regarding t..
» Poll: What is the chance the housing tax credit gets extended/expanded?
11/10/09 07:05 from Seattle Bubble
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» Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2009-10-10
10/10/09 13:00 from Seattle Bubble
via Mish:\"We are at greater risk of a total meltdown due to a deflationary collapse than we were in 2007.\" http://is.gd/3XFvc # Wow, nearly 1 in 5 downtown Seattle offices are sitting empty right now, and vacancy \"hasn\'t peaked.\" http://is..
» Reporting Roundup Flashback: September 2007
09/10/09 16:00 from Seattle Bubble
Let\'s look back a couple years to see what local real estate agents were saying a few months after the price peak in Seattle, and about a year into the housing decline across most of the rest of the country. Here\'s a selection of choice qu..
» $8k Tax Credit: Inefficient, Expensive, Economically Stupid
08/10/09 17:30 from Seattle Bubble
The intensity of the push from a couple of major national lobbying groups ( NAR and NAHB ) to extend and/or expand the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit seems to have increased since we last discussed the topic on these pages. With th..
» The Mythical Teeming Hordes of “Pent-Up Buyers”
07/10/09 17:45 from Seattle Bubble
We\'ve been hearing a lot of speculation recently that goes something along these lines: There is basically this enormous teeming horde of potential home buyers out there lurking on the sidelines for no good reason. All we need to do is com..
» September Reporting Roundup: Get your SURGE RALLY on!
06/10/09 19:48 from Seattle Bubble
Time for the monthly reporting roundup, where I read all the local paper rehashes of the NWMLS press release so you don\'t have to. First up, an excerpt from the NWMLS press release itself: Northwest MLS brokers agree \"there\'s a lot to be o..
» NWMLS: Closed Sales Volume in Summer Holding Pattern
05/10/09 20:14 from Seattle Bubble
Looks like it\'s time for September market statistics from the NWMLS. Here\'s the NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS brokers agree \"there\'s a lot to be optimistic about\" . Here\'s your King County SFH summary, with the arrows to show whether ..
» Poll: Will the role of a real estate agent be mostly replaced by technology 10 years from now?
04/10/09 07:05 from Seattle Bubble
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» Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2009-10-03
03/10/09 13:00 from Seattle Bubble
RT @mattgoyer: New blog post: Brix Auction Results: $344-$500/Sq. Ft. http://bit.ly/twuKP # Seattle Times on Mastro Bankruptcy: Hundreds of local investors lose big as real-estate magnate falls http://is.gd/3Jz2L # Zillow + Windermere = BF..