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By the P-I's Aubrey Cohen
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No Parking Anytime: Condos being put up for bids at about half price
A year ago, the condominiums at Press on Capitol Hill were selling in the $300,000s or $400,000s, but at an auction later this month, some of them will start at roughly half their original price.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2008
The next meltdown: Commercial property
Black Friday's retail shoppers hunting for holiday bargains won't be enough to stave off what's likely to become the next economic crisis.
Borrowers get gift of lower mortgage rates
Mortgage rates plunged after the Federal Reserve announced that it would buy up to $500 billion of securitized home loans.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008
Real estate market hit again
The bankruptcy of LandAmerica Financial Group has temporarily jeopardized home sales throughout Washington and beyond, and imperiled real estate investment money deposited with the company.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008
House values decline again
Seattle-area house values fell 10.1 percent from their recent peak in July 2007 to this September, according to a national index.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008
Lenders going extra mile for borrowers
Many borrowers who find themselves on the edge of approval under recently tightened standards are ultimately getting mortgages thanks to fixes loan originators use to move up their credit scores or ratchet down debt-to-income ratios.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
Under the Needle: Law is on the landlord's side
Deb Manuma lived and paid rent for six years in a Beacon Hill house where she was a good tenant, but that doesn't matter now that her landlord has defaulted on her home's mortgage payments.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Real estate recovery not seen until 2011
Don't expect the nationwide real estate outlook to improve anytime soon. That was the main message of the Seattle Urban Land Institute's Emerging Trends in Real Estate breakfast Thursday.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008
Subprime mortgage 'rip-off' has legitimate roots
While mortgage brokers defend yield-spread premiums as a way to allow more people to buy homes, critics say they've gone way beyond that role.
"It's a classic example of how they use a legitimate thing to rip people off," Seattle bankruptcy lawyer Melissa Huelsman said.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008
State's home sales drop biggest in U.S.
Existing house sales and prices in King County and statewide continued to fall in the second quarter, although sales declines slowed, according to a new report.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Area's foreclosure rate is on the rise, but still far behind the nation's
Seattle-area foreclosures were up last month but still below the national rate, according to a new report.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008
Help for Freddie, Fannie loans on the way
Federal officials announced a plan Friday to rework troubled home loans owned or guaranteed by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008
Westlake Center for sale
Westlake Center, a prominent downtown shopping center, will be put up for sale early next week.
Area faces bleak real estate forecast
Kicking off Williams Marketing's annual forecast breakfast Friday, president Leslie Williams noted that area real estate professionals were feeling good a year ago about how the market was holding up much better than others.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008
Home sellers warming up to idea of renting
With Seattle-area home prices lower than they have been in years, many see it as a good time to buy, but not a good time to sell their current homes.
House sales slip in county
Pending sales of all homes, including houses and condos, declined by 25 and 26 percent, respectively, in King County from September to October, and October's sales were down 27 percent in the city and county from a year earlier, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
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