- World
- U.S.
- Politics
- Washington
- Education
- N.Y./Region
- Business
- Technology
- Sports
- Science
- Health
- Opinion
- Arts
- Books
- Movies
- Music
- Television
- Theater
- Style
- Dining & Wine
- Fashion & Style
- Home & Garden
- Weddings/ Celebrations
- Travel
- Blogs
- Cartoons/Humor
- Classifieds
- Corrections
- Crossword/Games
- First Look
- Learning Network
- Multimedia
- NYC Guide
- Obituaries
- Podcasts
- Public Editor
- Sunday Magazine
- T Magazine
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-06-26
June 28, 2010
Was the Kirkland Mansion grab just a publicity stunt to promote a shady housing scam operation? Maybe. http://is.gd/cWA2X #
via Mish: "HAMP" Program a Failure; Another Huge Wave of Foreclosures Coming http://is.gd/cY4gS #
RT @mattgoyer: Redfin's writing a guide to getting pre-approved and understanding financing. We'd love feedback: http://bit.ly/9XPooE #
Interesting article in @PubliColaNews about jobs moving from [...]
Does anyone pursue actual home ownership anymore?
June 28, 2010
I’m hoping the readers of Seattle Bubble can help me out with something.
First, a little background on my perspective. My parents bought their first house in 1987, when they were about 30 years old. They paid $45,000 for the modest 1,288 square foot, 3-bedroom, 1.75-bath house pictured below.
They refinanced once in the ’90s [...]
Interest Rates Hit All-Time Lows: Scare Tactics in 3…2…1…
June 28, 2010
Various sources are reporting that mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest point ever this week, with the average 30-year fixed-rate loan priced at a paltry 4.69%.
Of course, you know what that means… As soon as rates start to climb a few tenths of a percentage point, we will no doubt be subjected to a [...]
Science Weekly podcast: The BBC’s David Shukman and the dangers of patenting genes
June 28, 2010
The BBC’s science and environment correspondent David Shukman joins us in the studio to discuss the BP oil spill and the pitfalls of reporting on climate change.
In David’s new book, Reporting Live From the End of the World, he describes his adventures as a roving environment correspondent.
A gaggle of geeks recently invaded [...]
Real Actual Listing Photos: Multi-Million-Dollar Edition
June 28, 2010
Time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary.
The idea for this series stems [...]
Guided Tour: King County’s New Online Property Records
June 28, 2010
How Far Off are Sellers’ Original List Prices?
June 28, 2010
With the power of Tableau and over a year’s worth of detailed King County sales data, here’s another interactive visualization I whipped up for you. The map below is color-coded to show the average discount of the final sale price from the original list price for each zip code in King County. Below [...]
Poll: My favorite thing about living around Seattle is:
June 28, 2010
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.
This poll was active 06.20.2010 through 06.26.2010.
Go to Source
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-06-19
June 28, 2010
Our own local @mortgageporter was quoted in this AP article about the FHA raising their fees to avoid going bankrupt: http://is.gd/cN87v #
Local mortgage mod recipient: "I may never recover anything from it. I'm probably just overpaying for rent." http://is.gd/cN8zT #
RT @mortgageporter: @SeattleBubble Here's my 2¢ on the proposed FHA reform http://bit.ly/b4CwJa #
RT @KirstenGrind: Surprise of [...]
Reader Question: Worried About Goldman’s -22% Forecast
June 28, 2010
A reader dropped me the following email and posted this question in the forum, which I thought was interesting enough to share with the whole community to get everyone’s responses.
I’m recently engaged and looking to buy a home. I’ve crunched my budget inside and out, know what I can afford that isn’t over reaching. Got [...]
Glencorrie – Washington DOT Crime
June 28, 2010
Glencorrie produces only 700 cases of wine, but they are some of the best wines in WallaWalla. This has been a well kept secret. Even Walla Wallans don’t really know about it. This is great stuff made under the supervision of Charlie Hoppes of Fedelitas fame. What is the crime? The new Hy 12 bypass, [...]
Rare Walla Walla Value Wines
June 28, 2010
Well, 78,000 cases isn’t exactly rare in Walla Walla, but wines priced at $12 and $15 are. Waterbrook winery produces some of the best values in Walla Walla. The 2008 PInot Gris has a round soft easy style with tropical fruit flavors – a great patio wine @ $12. The 2007 is a good dry [...]
Latest Video »
Saffron’s Top Secret
June 28, 2010
No, not the ultra expensive spice, the restaurant in Walla Walla. For our pre-Wine Bloggers’ Conference we went to Saffron the hole in the wall vaguely Spanish bistro with raciones and bigger plates beautifully prepared and a very interesting wine list which they apparently consider to be “top secret.” When we asked for a copy [...]
Best of Woodinville
June 28, 2010
Here is the grand finale of my Woodinville reporting. These are my “bests”from the wines tasted. Of course, some of my favorite wineries would have turnedin many “bests,” too – Hestia, Adam’s Bench, Brian Carter, Januik, Novelty Hill, Baer,DeLille, Gorman, Mark Ryan. Here are “the Bests”:
Best Rieslings
Efeste
Pomom
Best White Blend
Isenhower “Snapdragon
Best Grenache
Chatter Creek
Best Sangiovese
Zefina
Best Barbera
Covington
Best Zinfandel
[...]
Woodinville Passport IV- A Moveable Feast
June 28, 2010
Woodinville Passport was a moveable feast. So many outstanding wines, so many great winemakers, so much fun and pleasure. When I “have to” taste a hundred wines or more I always spit, well, almost always. Every once in a while I involuntarily swallow. Really, I can’t help it, the wine makes me do it. Sometimes [...]
Woodinville Passport III – Something Old And Something New
June 28, 2010
As we mentioned, we skipped a lot of oldies but goodies to make room for some newcomers, but you should not skip them. They are fabulous, reliable and sometimes hard to get – Adam’s Bench, Andrew Ross, Betz, Brian Carter, DeLille, Doyenne, Gorman, Mark Ryan, Novelty Hill, and Januik. These wines are so good and [...]