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Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:05:20 +0000

[...] Sunday Night Stats – King County January 14, 2008 An update to the Property Stats for King County from last week: [...]

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:31:11 +0000

Who deleted Ubersalad. Did he go into “The Penalty Box” finally?

I’m doing the best I can guys. I’m an agent, not a chart maker or excel spreadsheet expert. I’m an expert on real estate and I’m trying to convey info so the average Joe can understand it and have the info.

I’m in the business of making houses look their best to sell, not making fancy graphs. I’m in the business of helping buyers make wise choices during tough times, not a graph maker. I’m in the busienss of helping people negotiate their best deal, not an techie person.

Doing the best I can and I don’t have time to become an expert at ALL things, I’m an expert at what I DO for a living, same as you.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:53:54 +0000

tj,

SFH 121 condo 36 closed so far in Jan.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:57:22 +0000

Only problem with that tj is I don’t want people to think the market is picking up just because the last week has more closings. I’d venture to say more than half close in the last week most months. Seems to post them week to week gives a false impression of weak in the first two weeks and a false impression of strength in the last two. But I’ll post it and we’ll see how it goes. I’ll do an update to these as soon as I get a chance with closings to date in January and an update of December closings. Hopefully by end of night or early morning.

Have to get to a meeting…

By: tj

tj — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:49:31 +0000

“I was going to put currently closed sales, but was afraid someone would see that baby slice and make some big deal out of it. How about if I put it in the verbiage but not in the chart? ”

That would do just as well. Thanks!

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:02:09 +0000

Sorry Alan,

It’s midnight and I can’t finish that price histogram before bed.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:01:02 +0000

Mark,

Didn’t mean to be rude, but unless an agent knows the area, they can’t interpret the stats, and cold, hard facts alone don’t tell a story.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:58:57 +0000

Why would anyone need those?

I won’t post them because I feel they are snob codes and avoid them at all costs. It splits Kirkland in half and says half is snob city and the rest is nowheresville.

I don’t support the dynamics of the current messed up system. Area 600 is so big it’s like the Big Black Hole of Calcutta and agents act like the lines between 520, 560 and 600 are oh SO important.

Let’s just use Zip codes so the rest of the world can be “in on” the info without some secret snob codes only agents use.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:47:59 +0000

Sorry Mark, I don’t do Bainbridge, and I don’t know an agent there who doesn’t say “It’s ALWAYS a GREAT time to BUY!!” LOL

By: Mark Elliott

Mark Elliott — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:32:34 +0000

Hi Ardell,

Any word on what is happening on Bainbridge Island?

Thank,
Mark