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Eastside - A look at “affordable” housing

I need to take a look at “affordable housing” issues after a meeting I had this week on the subject, and in preparation for a meeting I have next week on the subject.  I’m primarily looking at Kirkland and comparing Kirkland to places people would move to from there.
While that is not the purpose of [...]

15 Year Mortgage Too Pricey for Normal People

This morning, I read a commentary on seattlepi.com from columnist, Christy L. Thomas called Seattle too pricey for normal people.   It’s regarding her move from Boise and how she and her boyfriend are considering whether or not they can afford to buy what they would like to have in Seattle. 
The part that struck me, being a Mortgage Planner, [...]

Affordable Condos or Cheap Apartments — Who’s choice is it?

I’m not typically one to go on about property owner’s rights vs government(s) ability to control code enforcement and reasonable use of property without infringing on others.  I think active involvement in zoning, environmental protection, etc are way too important for market forces only. But when the politicians start butting in without thinking about the [...]

The Five-Minute-a-Day Habit

It’s been a while since we did a plug for David’s AHI blog. His blog is insightful, fun and for the price of only a few minutes a day, you can learn a lot! I don’t know how he does it, but he manages to write a quality article every day and they are [...]

Keeping Real Estate Entertaining…

David A. Smith, founder of the Affordable Housing Institute, has a great blog that is loaded with articles that are both interesting and informative (is that possible?). In terms of readability, his posts are up there with grow-a-brain except David keeps more focused on real estate.
He posts on a wide variety of [...]