Rain City Guide

Please join us as we have a conversation about the Seattle bubble and the Naked Loon starting at 4pm PST!
All it takes to get involved is a telephone OR an internet connection:   You can call in to listen to the show via any phone… You can log into TalkShoe to stream the show to [...]

Fresh off an great conversation with Tracy Record of the West Seattle Blog, I’m really excited to have Tim on our show next week!   I’m sure we’ll talk about all things Seattle bubble as well as Tim’s great new parody project: Naked Loon.
Please set aside Tuesday, July 1st at 4pm to join us!   And if [...]

As seen on Seattle Bubble:
“Seattle shows up on their forecast at #21 on their top performing markets list with an expected 3.8% increase.”
Seriously in 2005 when the housing market was positioned to go UP, Seattle Bubble started the Gloom and Doom Blog.
Now after it has DOUBLED in some places against their predictions of Bubbles Popping, [...]

I thought about labeling this post “Does SEO work?” or something similar until I realized that is just stupid. SEO stands for search engine optimization and not only does it work, but in many ways, it is the basis for why blogs work so extremely well for promoting yourself as an expert within a [...]

I am sure everyone in the industry (or who follows the industry) has heard the same thing.  I actualy meant to publish this blog in late January when the PI posted the article… but better late than never.  I know lots of my clients, investors and friends have been asking me this same question for a while [...]

Forgive me Dustin, I just couldn’t resist.
Hopefully, all the blasters have given up.
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Here’s the story behind the T-shirts.
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During the local evening news, I’ve been seeing what appear to be political ads. What’s strange is that the election ended months ago, so the timing of this multi-media blitz is rather curious. The ads in question, are part of the It’s A Priority media campaign paid for by the Washington Association of Realtors. The [...]

Altos Research shows a flattening market in Seattle and confirms Ardell’s analysis: the high end is (was?) the worst place to be. I’m not signing on to the “bubble proof” theory though.

Best I can tell so far, the answer to that question is a resounding YES, Seattle IS bubble proof, at least in the $300,000 and under market.
I am totally bugeyed, having spent the last 10 hours slicing, dicing and dissecting every single stat in the $300,000 and under market, in $100,000 increments, for 2005 [...]

In case you’re wondering what’s happening just over the border: Vancouver Housing Market Blog. The chart is from this post.