Some of you may recall back in February last year, when the Seattle Times ran a story about UW professor Theo Eicher's land use regulations study, with the headline declaring Rules add $200,000 to Seattle house price. Here at Seattle Bubble we h...

It's a pretty slow news day today, what with most people still taking time off for the new year. So I thought this would be a good time to throw a bunch of smaller stories together into one post.First off, let's hit a topic that has been on a lot of...

Pop quiz, hotshot. Let's say you had $100,000 on January 1st 2008.Which of the following investment methods took the largest loss in the following 12 months:20% down payment on a $500,000 SFH in King County.S&P 500 index fund.Cash under the ma...

I'm happy to announce that Seattle Bubble now sports a new and improved sidebar inventory tracker, thanks to Galen Ward of Estately.com.A few months ago our most reliable source for the hourly inventory tracker went offline, leaving us with two far l...

Please vote in this poll using the sidebar.This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 01.03.2009....

There are many reasons you might want to do some research into the loan documents and other public records for a certain property.You're thinking of buying a house and want to know how much the seller owes when crafting your offer.You're looking at a...

Here's another WaMu update on a subject that will likely have a large impact on downtown's commercial real estate scene:Seattle Times: JPMorgan dumping WaMu's leased space in SeattleSeattle P-I: JPMorgan dropping six WaMu leases in SeattleFrom the P-...

I thought this was somewhat interesting. You may recall the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, about which we held a poll back in July. One of the primary aspects of the Foreclosure Prevention Act is the HOPE (Home Ownership Preservation Ent...