aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

Headlines in today's Seattle Times RE section focus on fixer-uppers & downsizing. Quite a shift from a couple years ago. http://is.gd/aySqh #It's always a good time to generate a commission! http://is.gd/aBKCJ #Zillow teams up with John L. Scott ht...

topics: capitol-hill, commercial-real-estate, condos, lynnwood, real-estate

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

Washington State s Chief Economist Arun Raha has been speaking this week about his expectations for Washington s economy in 2010 and beyond, including his outlook for the local real estate market.Raha said the nation s big banks are in better shape a...

topics: commercial-real-estate, everett, housing, housing-market, real-estate

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

A great article in today s Seattle Times by Eric Pryne gives a nice review of 2009 in commercial real estate around Seattle.In 2007, developers excavated a deep hole in downtown Seattle at Second Avenue and Pine Street for the foundation of a 23-stor...

topics: commercial-real-estate, condo, developer, developers, development

aggregated from: Seattle Condo Blog

Press release. At a time when many regional projects are at a standstill and unable to secure financing, this loan renewal helps Olive 8 earn its distinction as an urban and sustainable condominium project that has been able to move forward as plann...

topics: carbon-footprint, commercial-real-estate, developer, development, environment

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

Seattle Times still pumping house flippers http://is.gd/560WO #More nonsense about keeping people in their homes (i.e. the homes they never should have tried to buy in the 1st place) http://is.gd/57XDl #Great commentary on the real estate non-mark...

topics: commercial-real-estate, real-estate

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

I ve been hearing a few familiar clich s on the radio recently& Tired of setting your money on fire every month? Stop throwing away your money renting! Maybe you thought that the dramatic and decisive collapse of the housing bubble would have rid u...

topics: commercial-real-estate, condo, housing, real-estate

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

Interesting follow-up to Friday's failure of Venture Bank via the Tacoma News Tribune: Some banks in state risk failureThe best news to derive from Friday's announced failure and sale of DuPont-based Venture Bank came in the form of a report from a S...

topics: commercial-real-estate, real-estate, tacoma

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

I posted about this earlier this week on the official Seattle Bubble Twitter account, but I thought it would be worth a post of its own. Via The New York Times: Construction Loans Falter, a Bad Omen for BanksEven as the economy may be starting to re...

topics: commercial-real-estate, real-estate

aggregated from: Biz Buzz

The city of Tacoma gave the owners of the historic and dilapidated Luzon a deadline of today to come up with a plan to shore it up. They sent a certified letter, first class, on Sept. 4, that was Friday, advising us of noncompliance and to please adv...

aggregated from: Biz Buzz

The City of Tacoma's Building and Land Use chief Charlie Solverson Wednesday night shared with the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission several photos of the exterior and interior of the Luzon Building to illustrate why the city is concerned.Here...