Snow Day Open Thread
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Party is over for Paccar.
They had a good run, but one would be delusional if they thought it could go forever.
Hmm... that sounds familiar.
A local observation: inventory keeps falling like a rock in East Bellevue. ZipRealty only shows 61 active listings in my area as of Tuesday morning. That is down from the 90s less than a month ago.
Has some sort of buying frenzy broken out? I do notice more "sold" stickers on signs as I ride my bike around the area. Still, it's hard for me to understand why people have been more excited about buying in the midst of the lousy fall weather we've been having than they were during the summer.
Maybe people don't have as many recreational activities to keep them occupied during adverse weather?
The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that existing home sales edged up 0.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.24 million. It marked the first sales increase since February.
However, the median, or midpoint, price for a home sold dropped to $221,000 in October, a decline of 3.5 percent from a year ago. That was the biggest year-over-year price decline on record. It marked the third straight month that home prices have fallen compared to the same period a year ago, the longest stretch of such declines on record.
We have only begun to set records. Remember, none of the bulls even hinted at this, so disregard their calls for a booming Spring selling season.
This is going to be really, REALLY ugly.
Northwest Multiple Listing Service dumps Realtor.com
By AUBREY COHEN
P-I REPORTER
The Northwest Multiple Listing Service will stop sending its home listings to the nation's most popular real estate Web site in April.
Local real estate executives disagree over whether the move is about focusing the MLS on providing information to its members or making it harder for smaller brokers to reach home shoppers who use Realtor.com. Many brokers plan to continue sending listings to the site on their own.
From the PI
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/293883_realtor28.html
Meshugy,
Nice "mild" weather we are having!!!
Pepe said he preferred colder, sunny weather....well it seems his prayers were answered! He's probably so happy now that he'll got out and buy a house...
Brat,
There is no way the market for class 6-8 trucks will return to what it was 2001-2006 anytime soon. A tanking economy, higher fuel costs, and tigher credit will all mean less money for capital spending.
From the Seattle Times:
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that risks from inflation or a worse-than-expected housing slump could further complicate things for an economy that already is in slowdown mode.
"The deceleration in economic activity currently under way appears to be taking place roughly along the lines envisioned," Bernanke said in his most extensive comments on the economy since the summer. The slowdown in overall activity mostly reflects the housing slump, he said. As the economy cools, inflation also should continue to gradually ease over the next year or so, the Fed chief added.
I love this weather. It reminds people that they've paid ridiculous amounts of money for homes with drafty windows and poor insulation.
Those granite countertops get cold, dammit!
how come the story was that sales edged up? the story was the record price decline, folks.
I thought we might need a translator for what B52-Ben had to say:
risks from inflation or a worse-than-expected housing slump could further complicate things for an economy that already is in slowdown mode.
TRANSLATION: - "We are totally screwed. If we hike, housing tanks thus killing what is left of our economy. If we cut, the dollar gets smoked. We are hoping for some miracle to save us (more Chinese investment).
"The deceleration in economic activity currently under way appears to be taking place roughly along the lines envisioned,"
TRANSLATION: - We knew this was coming the entire time. Housing is the economy and we knew the party couldn't last forever. If you did, you are an idiot.
As the economy cools, inflation also should continue to gradually ease over the next year or so, the Fed chief added.
TRANSLATION: - Big recession is coming, and we are going to cut like it's 2002 all over again. Your dollars are about to become confetti.
andymiamibeach,
Welcome to PNW.
IMHO, you've landed at the best place to track house sales. We're a bunch of geeks (esp. Tim), who posts house sales and more for King County on the Seattle Bubble Spreadsheet. Find it on the main page.
yeah, all those foolios who bought in the Issaquah highlands, or, god forbid North Bend are learning what it means to live in the wilderness.
The NW can get pretty dramatic in the winter sometimes, and this is one of those times when you'd rather be living on a concrete island than in a gorgeous soggy meadow. Anyway, condos are easier to heat than a house, so maybe they'll stay in favor. Or maybe their price will collapse.
all those foolios who bought in the Issaquah highlands, or, god forbid North Bend are learning what it means to live in the wilderness.
Some of us would love to live in the wilderness, thank you. I'll probably look at North Bend when I decide to buy. It's about as close as I can get to living in the mountains while still having to work for a living. I can handle some snow.
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