http://loft42seattle.com Seattle Real Estate Information Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:00:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://loft42seattle.com/what-is-a-timeless-question-in-real-estate-is-this-a-good-time-to-buy/ http://loft42seattle.com/what-is-a-timeless-question-in-real-estate-is-this-a-good-time-to-buy/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:00:41 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/what-is-a-timeless-question-in-real-estate-is-this-a-good-time-to-buy/ What is a “Timeless Question in Real Estate”? “Is this a good time to buy?” If you have been a Realtor one year or a hundred years like me. The reoccurring question comes up from “First Time Buyers”: Is this a good time to buy? Normally the “Used car salesmen mentality” kicks in to too [...]


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]]> http://loft42seattle.com/escape-from-computer-phone-prompt-hell-4/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/should-there-be-a-moratorium-on-foreclosures-3/ http://loft42seattle.com/should-there-be-a-moratorium-on-foreclosures-3/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:00:23 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/should-there-be-a-moratorium-on-foreclosures-3/ The new headlines catch phase is “Robo Signer”. These robo signers have been signing foreclosure documents at a rate of up to 1 document per minute. That’s 5,000 – 10,000 per month. Everyone knows that it is not physically possible for these robo signers to have read every document. That is the reason everyone is [...]


]]> http://loft42seattle.com/should-there-be-a-moratorium-on-foreclosures-3/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/the-latest-deal-four-unit-multi-family-5/ http://loft42seattle.com/the-latest-deal-four-unit-multi-family-5/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:00:30 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/the-latest-deal-four-unit-multi-family-5/ I’ve avoided blogging about this deal for fear of jinxing myself, but I’m close to completing a 1031 exchange that I initiated earlier in the year to comply with a New Year’s Resolution that I’d made to sell a high-end loft and trade it for a multi-family property w/ better income potential.   What is [...]


]]> http://loft42seattle.com/the-latest-deal-four-unit-multi-family-5/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/jpmorganchase-as-if-they-needed-more-problems-8/ http://loft42seattle.com/jpmorganchase-as-if-they-needed-more-problems-8/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:00:28 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/jpmorganchase-as-if-they-needed-more-problems-8/ Well we’re a few weeks beyond Hurricane Ike, and our collective attention has turned from tropical storms to financial ones – a topic that I’ll write about shortly.  Most of Houston is back to normal.  Among the properties that I own we suffered a few downed fences and an uprooted tree or two, along with [...]


]]> http://loft42seattle.com/jpmorganchase-as-if-they-needed-more-problems-8/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/now-vs-then-oil-price-and-property-markets-5/ http://loft42seattle.com/now-vs-then-oil-price-and-property-markets-5/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:25 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/now-vs-then-oil-price-and-property-markets-5/ One economic indicator that I consult from time to time is the Global Insight quarterly study on housing prices in America. Here’s an interesting conclusion from the report: of the 330 regional markets surveyed, Houston is the most undervalued. The Global Insight uses a number of factors in determining the theoretical price equilibrium level for [...]


]]> http://loft42seattle.com/now-vs-then-oil-price-and-property-markets-5/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/i-sponsored-another-micro-loan-to-a-woman-in-ecuador-through-kiva-org-pay-it-forward-2/ http://loft42seattle.com/i-sponsored-another-micro-loan-to-a-woman-in-ecuador-through-kiva-org-pay-it-forward-2/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:00:30 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/i-sponsored-another-micro-loan-to-a-woman-in-ecuador-through-kiva-org-pay-it-forward-2/ I sponsored another Micro Loan to a woman in Ecuador through Kiva.org – Pay It Forward I love working with Kiva.org.  It’s a GREAT site that lets you provide small, $25 micro-loans to impoverished people around the world who are trying to start or grow their own small businesses. You, along with a number of [...]


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]]> http://loft42seattle.com/whats-on-my-wrist-5/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/new-zero-down-player-3/ http://loft42seattle.com/new-zero-down-player-3/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:00:27 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/new-zero-down-player-3/ I’m getting calls from a company called Blue Moon Capital. Google them and you’ll find the website.  Annoyingly enough, they have been posting comments on my blog advertising their service – a practice that I’ve requested that they cease. The premise of the company is that they identify investment possibilities for you, and for a [...]


]]> http://loft42seattle.com/new-zero-down-player-3/feed/ 0 http://loft42seattle.com/marina-del-rey-ca-condominium-market-report-for-the-month-of-december-2011/ http://loft42seattle.com/marina-del-rey-ca-condominium-market-report-for-the-month-of-december-2011/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:27 +0000 short sales http://loft42seattle.com/marina-del-rey-ca-condominium-market-report-for-the-month-of-december-2011/ Marina Del Rey, CA Condominium Market Report for the month of December 2011 As we closed this challenging year in Real Estate and in the overall Economy, I am truly glad we can start a New Year. So let?s review, we had the fear of a double dip recession, European crisis in Italy, Greece, Portugal [...]


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