Seattle Real Estate:

Property taxes: Appeals shoot up is King, Snohomish Counties http://tr.im/r1uW # Reading: Preventing another bubble meltdown: Some see Federal Reserve unfit as regulator http://tr.im/r9o4 # Reading: House sales up in King County http://tr.im/rao6 # Reading: NAR won’t fight creation of consumer agency http://tr.im/rg1Y # RT @EvergreenFF Seattle considers more “backyard cottages”: It’s no secret that [...]

RT @movetrends Interesting WSJ story about Americans’ waning desire for McMansions: http://bit.ly/CL9Hq # Could your post office be closing? http://tr.im/qgap # Reading: BofA wording may cause more foreclosures http://tr.im/ql2Z # Reading: Seattle’s population grows faster; state’s slows http://tr.im/ql68 # Saw an interesting bird – little bigger than a robin, longer beak, gray/brown, black “bib”, BRIGHT [...]

Reading: Audit: Millions Unaccounted For At King County Government http://bit.ly/1AtYq # Reading: LA, NY, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Detroit: Real Prices and the Unemployment Rate http://tr.im/phtl # RT @kcnews King County offers 39 farmers markets! Where is the market closest to you? http://bit.ly/pO3Tq # You’d think that – by now – I would understand that [...]

Reading: Washington state jobless rate rises to 9.4 percent in May http://tr.im/oOUD # RT @NormGregory If no rain today, Seattle will match May-June record of consecutive rainless spring days set in 1982. http://bit.ly/14Dbsa # Hey…that sounds like an ice cream truck… # I’m so glad it’s raining. # Reading: Obama’s Mortgage Refinancing Program May Be [...]

whew…there are not enough hours in a day…am I the only one feeling a little overwhelmed? # Here we go again with down payment assistance (DPA) http://bit.ly/158AyO # Reading: Seattle housing market no longer so special http://bit.ly/eQfU6 # Reading: Americans lost $1 trillion in 1st quarter this year http://tr.im/oiqq #

Reading: Coming: A 3rd wave of foreclosures http://tr.im/njtr # Reading: Is your home still overvalued? http://tr.im/nsnP # RT @timu_matt I’m glad it’s only supposed to be 75 degrees today, 90 was a little bit too much for me. [I'll second that!] #

just picked up a new yard sign from http://www.jjgs.com/ in Kirkland – it looks great, they do good work! # Reading: 1Q home prices fall by 19.1 pct to 2002 levels http://tr.im/mzuD “…Seattle..at 2005 prices…” # Reading: Foreclosure “third wave” coming, economists say http://tr.im/mzxj # another gem from my day by day calendar – Alors [...]

Finally worked out a (good) system so Alex and I can share contacts and independently sync to both of our pda/phones! Woot! # According to the Washington Policy Center, “Overspending during Good Times Put Seattle in Budget Mess” http://tr.im/lIl7 # Reading:Civil Disagreement: Should Seattle manage the tree canopy? http://tr.im/m7IH [Do they really have to ask?] [...]

Discovery – the cats have figured out how to open closet doors – they have been feasting on a feline delicacy…plastic clad Charmin… # Reading: The Financial Stress Tests (Fudging the Report Card) http://tr.im/l39G # Reading: Prefab green homes get affordable http://tr.im/l3Du # At Pioneer Square dram shop chatting about political philosophy…I love peaceable assembly [...]

Ever seen a snow tumbleweed? http://tr.im/kkHE # Crosswalk “sting” operations – Seattle drivers beware! http://tr.im/krfl # Almost One-Quarter of U.S. Homeowners Underwater as Values Sink http://tr.im/kCfz Yikes! # We’re making some great progress this week on a few special projects we’ve been working on! # …just broke the news to a couple of super nice [...]