Seattle Real Estate:

Reading: Seattle Homes Lost 10.5 Billion in Value in 2009 http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/archives/187584.asp # Reading: Kirkland City Council To Vote On Annexation http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/kir/news/78922337.html # Reading: Seattle homeowner cuts down tree in yard and faces $23,500 fine http://www.libertylive.org/blog_main/post.php?post_id=1752 #

Reading: House sales up 81% in November, prices down in King County http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412880_housing03.html #

If you’re in trouble on your loan, you’re not alone. Reading: Foreclosures hitting more people with prime loans http://tinyurl.com/yh3m3ka # Does this make anyone else nervous? Reading: With F.H.A. Help, Easy Loans in Expensive Areas http://tr.im/Frx7 #

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: [...]

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 #

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 #

Overheard: Pain is just weakness leaving your body. # HOT. # Reading: Mortgage fraud up nationwide, down in Washington, FBI says http://tr.im/tw34 # RT @KIRO7Seattle Ballard Man Struck In Buttocks With Blow Dart http://bit.ly/iqpFI [Who *does* that?] # Reading: Seattle-area housing market remained weak in May, report says http://tr.im/tHto # Reading: WSJ – Home Sales, [...]

So, it turns out that I’m not very good at relaxing. # Wondering why nonsensical is a word, but sensical is not…it is senseless. # Harry Potter here we come! # RT @movetrends Homeowners who’ve refinanced are using the savings as much to pay living expenses as to remodel … http://bit.ly/XCltZ # People in Seattle [...]