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News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area.
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Regulations unlikely to contribute more than 17% of home price
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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...
2 views | aggregated: 12 hours 45 min ago topics: housing, housing-market, mortgage
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Pre-Weekend Potpourri: Microsoft Layoffs, Foreclosure Aid, Downfall
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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...
aggregated: 3 days 8 hours ago topics: foreclosures, housing
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2008 Pop Quiz
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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...
3 views | aggregated: 4 days 7 hours ago topics: mortgage
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New Improved Sidebar Inventory Tracker Courtesy Estately.com
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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...
2 views | aggregated: 1 week 8 hours ago topics: real-estate
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Poll: What's your new year's housing resolution for 2009?
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Please vote in this poll using the sidebar.This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 01.03.2009....
2 views | aggregated: 1 week 1 day ago topics: housing
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How To: Research Property & Loan Records
| aggregated from: Seattle Bubble |
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...
3 views | aggregated: 1 week 3 days ago topics: real-estate
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Merry Christmas from Seattle Bubble
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A Visit from Hank Paulson Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the landNot a creature was stirring, not even Suzanne;Bad mortgages hung by the treasury with care,In hopes that Hank Paulson soon would be there;The realtors were nestled al...
4 views | aggregated: 1 week 4 days ago topics: real-estate
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JPMorgan to Drop WaMu Leases Downtown
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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-...
2 views | aggregated: 1 week 5 days ago topics: commercial-real-estate, downtown, housing, real-estate
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HOPE for a Whopping 312 Homeowners
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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...
3 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 5 days ago topics: development, housing, housing-market
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