Seattle Real Estate:

Hurrah for homemade salsa with local ingredients - including tomatoes from our friends’ organic backyard garden - it makes everything better #
Renters - Do Some Research Before Handing Over Cash - http://tr.im/xnbu #

Reading: Is the worst really over for home prices? http://tr.im/wGzI #
Reading: Job losses lead next wave of foreclosures http://tr.im/xlBF
Reading: Mortgage delinquencies hit record high in Q2 http://tr.im/wNVE ["the recession...is likely over..." Huh?] #
Learned this evening that Dairy Queen can’t sell their butterscotch topping in King County…outlawed for trans fat content. Who knew? #

A great team of volunteers worked the @C4Liberty booth yesterday on Mercer Island and gathered over 100 petitions for HR1207/S604 #
Reading: King County July home sales: A mixed bag of info http://tinyurl.com/nndvfk [I think Mr. Sparks might be a bit optimistic...] #
Reading: U.S. Underwater Mortgages May Reach 30%, Zillow Says http://bit.ly/5FNtl #
Reading: U.S. Posts $180.68 [...]

What happened with real estate in King County last month? Pretty much more of the same. You can see below that both average and median prices resumed a downward trend, we’re seeing an increased number of sales that pretty much follows seasonal trends, and it’s still taking a while for homes to sell.
This is information [...]

Reading: Home assessments fall, tax bills don’t http://tr.im/viTY #
I’m so pleased that our weather is back to being reasonable. #
Just had a standardized test moment - apparently laughing is to lifting weights what a mouthful of crackers is to trying to whistle #

Seattle recently made MSN’s list of Top Ten Pet Friendly cities of 2009. This is unsurprising news if you live in the Seattle metro area since you’re used to seeing dogs of all shapes and sizes on sidewalks, in parks, inside shops and even some offices!
According to the list, “These cities have earned their bones [...]

Reading: ‘Brutal’ heat bakes Pacific Northwest http://tr.im/uC7t [Yuck] #
RT @seattlepi So hot that the lowest temperature was not just hot, it was hotter than any lowest temperature ever. http://bit.ly/14D5iG #
Reading: Foreclosures will continue to weigh on Seattle, report says http://tr.im/uLTF #