01.31.2007 - Wednesday Open Thread
This is your open thread for Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
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6 comments:
Headline story on the Seattle PI, "They're going to fall..."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/301804_housing31.html
I can't believe I just read that article in the PI...
hahahahaha... I'm sure The Tim will post on it, but what's really interesting is the 'Sound Off' section, capturing the thoughts of folks other than the Usual Suspects here on the Bubble Blog...
Pretty interesting...
You guys are too fast for me! I barely have time to settle in and pour my tea, let alone check the news alerts for the day, and you guys are already on top of today's post!
Kaleetan,
I appreciate your concern for my employment situation. However, you seem to have mistaken someone else's comments for my own, since the comments I've made could hardly be construed as being "very active."
Since the start of the work day (8:00 AM) I have spent roughly three minutes writing two brief comments on my own post, five to ten minutes penning five off-hand quips on the P-I's "Sound Off" section, some time over lunch writing a semi-lengthy retort to Susan Ryan's malarkey post, and now another two minutes on this comment. Grand total (not counting lunch time): 10-15 minutes.
If you call taking breaks totaling 15 minutes over a span of six hours "coasting" you must have some kind of monster work ethic. Either that or like I said above, you're confusing someone else's comments for my own. For the record, I only post about real estate under the name "The Tim."
First time poster here...Great Blog Tim.
I have noticed that there are a few other seattle housing blogs online yet some of them appear to be somewhat questionable...almost to the point of being used as a shill for realtors.
Am I off base with this assumption?
I also start to wonder when I hear statements regarding a "tight" rental market in Seattle. I look on CL every day and I see loads of apartment complexes offering free rent/furniture/televisions...even Hawaiian vacations.
Then...I see the hoard of 2200 condos that have recently opened either listed for rent or for sale, yet not many seem to be moving. It makes me wonder what's going to happen with all the other condos going up downtown in the next 2 years.
For fun...although I shouldn't admit to it...I emailed a person who was privately renting their soon to be completed condo. I laughed at what they were charging (their ad explicitly stated that they were offering a GREAT "pre-rental" deal)...teased them a bit about the housing bubble...and then...lo and behold...the next day...old ad comes down...new ad comes up at a lower price.
Anyhow...sorry to blab.
Ellery
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