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April 2008: Raising Prices to Entice Buyers wait, what? (Awesome plan, Escala!)Developer Lexas Cos. said this week that on June 5 it will raise the asking prices 3 to 7 percent for about 70 unsold units that have been on the market since last sprin...

topics: condo, condos, developer, developers, downtown

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

The latest issue of Sound Housing Quarterly has been published (Q4 2009). Sound Housing Quarterly is a subscription-based sister project to Seattle Bubble.With this latest release we have made a few notable changes. First and probably most interesti...

topics: affordability, housing, housing-market, real-estate

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It would appear that our old friend Bill Virgin (formerly of the print P-I), is now writing a weekly column for the Tacoma News Tribune. Here are a few excerpts from his latest piece regarding what we may expect to see in store for the local economy...

topics: bellevue, development, housing, housing-market, real-estate

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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's Rain City Real Estate Guide

King County Home prices in 2010 will have to escape two mega foreseeable dip factors, in order to keep in the 2005 2006 price range. Earlier this year I called bottom and the end of the downward spiral, when median home price for King County was at...

topics: foreclosures, green-lake, neighborhoods

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It is time once again for our annual predictions post, where your host goes on record with crazy shots in the dark about what might happen in the Seattle real estate market over the next calendar year. For those of you following along with this game...

topics: affordability, everett, housing, housing-market, neighborhood

aggregated from: Seattle's Rain City Real Estate Guide

We ve heard plenty of rants from mortgage originators about the HUD s Good Faith Estimate. Because the new HUD required GFE is so new, most consumers and real estate agents have not had a chance to witness one first hand beyond sample on a webs...

topics: housing, housing-market, mortgage, real-estate

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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.Here s a link to this month s NWMLS press release: Western Washington pending home sales mark best December since 2006 H...

topics: affordability, everett, foreclosures, housing, housing-market

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I ll be speaking briefly on the radio today on the 94.9 KUOW show The Conversation With Ross Reynolds. The subject is the growing number of foreclosures. Here s the segment teaser that they sent me:Foreclosures are up in Washington State. What's y...

topics: foreclosures, housing, housing-market

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I was quoted fairly extensively in the 2010 looking forward story in the Seattle Times http://is.gd/5DnNq #4 more WA banks added to FDIC oversight list http://is.gd/5F9PA #Great roundup of recent government interventions in the housing market from @C...

topics: housing, housing-market