Seattle Tech Economy: #1 in Job Growth Nationwide
Nice to see a positive article once in a while amid all the scary news about oil prices and real estate troubles in the rest of the country. Will be interesting [...]
The Standoff Continues as Sellers Refuse to Roll
Here's a good article in the Seattle Times describing "sticky pricing" and the fact that Seattle sellers are largely refusing to make giant price reductions -- even as most buyers refuse [...]
The White House and Your House
The mortgage and economy seem to be front and center for the Presidential candidates these days. Here are some tidbits I found from the frontrunners' websites regarding the mortgage situation and [...]
Have you refinanced yet?
If you haven't already refinanced and you got your mortgage a couple of years ago, you probably should consider calling your lender. According to this story in the Seattle Times, some [...]
Belltown Recovery?
It's still very early but I noticed there was a slight uptick in activity in the core Belltown resale market in December. In November, there were only two 2BR units in [...]
Seattle Condo Market Update
Numbers from the Northwest Multiple Listing are showing a total of 1,531 active listings on the market at the end of September. Compared to the end of the 2nd quarter, months [...]
Market Update
The Seattle PI wrote a nice summary of the general local market conditions. Some good county-wide data in there. I thought I’d share what I’m sensing in the downtown condo market. [...]
Fed cut rates!
Great news for homebuyers. The Fed cut rates by 1/2%! "The Fed announced a cut of .50% to the Fed Funds Rate and an additional .50% reduction to the discount rate. [...]