IndyMac Leaves the Mortgage Arena July 7, 2008
This announcement from IndyMac came via a press release today:
“…effective July 7, 2008, that we will no longer accept any new loan submissions or rate locks in our retail and wholesale forward mortgage lending channels, except for our servicing retention channel. We plan to honor all of our existing rate-locked loans and will continue to [...]
Rain City Radio: A West Seattle Story June 24, 2008
I really enjoyed today’s conversation with Tracy Records of the West Seattle Blog. Tracy shared a ton of great stories with us and I learned a ton…
Click here to listen to the entire interview!
And below are some links to some of the things we discussed:
Capital Hill Seattle
MyBallard.com
Exit 133.com in Tacoma
Angelina’s Tottoria
West 5: try the [...]
News at 6:00 April 24, 2007
I was contacted by KOMO this morning to see if they could stop by my office this afternoon to interview me regarding subprime mortgages and how it has impacted consumers.
If I’m not on the cutting room floor…you can tune in tonight at 6:00 p.m. on Channel 4.
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Zillow Announces - Home Q & A April 3, 2007
Zillow.com Launches Home Q&A
“Ask Questions, Share Answers”at the heart of numerous new features harnessing knowledge of agents, homeowners and neighbors!”
“Home Q&A is the ability for anyone to ask questions and share information and insight about more than 70 million U.S. homes.”
(and you all thought The Redfin Mavens writing dignified little articles on homes for sale [...]
DOJ vs. NAR October 3, 2006
The big news today, according to Inman, is that the Judge has ruled against the National Association of Realtor’s motion to dismiss the suit against them by the Department of Justice.
I don’t think this is a surprise. In fact, had the Judge ruled otherwise, it would have been a great disappointment. A [...]
The Last Word September 24, 2006
“Lew Sichelman reports on the national housing scene from his Washington, D.C. base. A past President and Director of the National Association of Real Estate Editors, he has been the recipient of numerous journalism awards, and his weekly column on housing is syndicated in more than 150 newspapers throughout the U.S.”
Every once in a while, [...]
leaving Redfin to pursue new opportunities… August 17, 2006
David’s dwindling influence at Redfin has met it’s happy PR end. Now it is Glenn full-time, all the time!
While we’ve had a few run-ins with David Eraker in the past, he always kept his chin up and I wish him the best. It will definitely be interesting to see if he sticks [...]
The Five-Minute-a-Day Habit July 7, 2006
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 [...]
Inman’s Innovation Awards! June 29, 2006
Congrats goes out to all the contributors on Rain City Guide! We were nominated as a finalist for the “Most Innovative Blog Award” by Inman News. In my world, contributors are not only the people with their photo up on the sidepanel, but also those of you who return to give your [...]
New-home sales take a tumble March 25, 2006
The Seattle Times reports that new home sales are dropping nationally:
New-home sales fell by the biggest amount in almost nine years last month while home prices declined for a fourth straight month, raising concerns that the once high-flying housing market could be in for a rougher-than-expected landing.
The Commerce Department reported Friday that sales of [...]
