• Gay Retirement Communities Are Growing in Popularity
  Hadn’t ever thought of this niche before…
  (tags: realestate retirement communities gay lesbian housing)
• Ways to avoid losing home to foreclosure
  Never hurts to know your options
  (tags: realestate foreclosure housing)
• New product allows bets on home prices
  Convinced homes prices are going to drop? Now you can put some money down on this option…
  (tags: housing bubble realestate investment)
• Residents look for home for the golden years
  Lists and describes many retirement community options
  (tags: realestate retirement communities)

• Happy birthday, Calvinball!
  Business lesson from Bill Watterson
  (tags: comics realestate business advice)
• Firm fights to sell moon real estate
  great views, quiet neighborhood and no pressure!
  (tags: fun realestate)
• Housing market downturn expected: Region’s outlook better than rest of the country
  Bark bigger than bite: “The escalation of home prices in King County might drop back to single-digit increases next year, but retrenchment (in prices) is not likely”
  (tags: seattle realestate bubble)
• YIMBY Gear!
  Yes In My Back Yard
  (tags: urban development retail)
• Forecast for state revenue jumps by $305 million
  Washington’s hot economy, still surging with a mighty assist from construction and real estate sales
  (tags: economy washington)
• House buying tips?
  Tips for the first time home buyer from MetaFilter
  (tags: tips buying realestate advice home)
• Seattle’s Gemstone Parks
  Great descriptive essays on 13 parks in Seattle
  (tags: seattle parks)

• Zillow’s Infrastructure
  An educated guess at Zillow’s backend
  (tags: zillow realestate search database)
• Proposed tax hike hits home sale funds – Change to excise tax would allow districts, cities to assess fees in lieu of what’s collected for new construction
  (tags: realestate taxes news)
• Major complex planned in Renton
  Harvest Partners is planning to unveil plans for a shopping-theater complex roughly twice the size of University Village
  (tags: development renton realestate)
• Sunday Dash
  San Francisco area real estate search over Google Maps
  (tags: google maps hack realestate search)
• Housing Starts Soften; Builder’s Bear Market?
  Analysis from The Big Picture
  (tags: housing builders realestate)
• 10 top mistakes by novice investors
  (1) Not thinking like a business owner, (2)…
  (tags: investment realestate)
• Regulus WordPress Theme
  Beautiful WordPress Theme… Is it time for me to upgrade?
  (tags: wordpress theme templates blogging)
• The Interiors Of The Most Expensive Homes In America
  Eye Candy 🙂
  (tags: realestate homes expensive)

• Smart ways to win referrals
  definitely relevant to real estate agents…
  (tags: business referrals advice)
• Kalamazoo’s Promise could affect area real estate market
  Real estate agents benefit from Kalamazoo’s promise to pay for all local kids college education
  (tags: education realestate)
• ‘Houses on steroids’ muscle their way in
  Worth reading if just for the poem!
  (tags: seattlePI housing seattletimes)
• Winning $315 million lotto ticket sold in California
  That would buy a lot of house (even in Seattle!) 🙂
  (tags: fun)
• Open House (2004/I)
  Maybe the housing bubble people are onto something when a musical is being filmed about an “open house”…
  (tags: openhouse movies)
• Apostrophe Abuse
  Note to self: Theres’ a Seattle blogger who’se lookn’ for apostrophe mistake’s…
  (tags: grammar)
• Real Estate Alliance Continues Press for ‘989 Patent Enforcement
  Patent attorney gives some background on a real estate mapping patent. Interesting read for those thinking of putting together a real estate search tool.
  (tags: realestate mapping patent)
• Will Patent Threat Bust Real Estate Boom in Geospatial?
  Background on real estate patent
  (tags: realestate patent mapping)
• Would you pay $5/month to use Google?
  yes… no… yes… no… of course.. maybe.. I don’t know… it’s worth more than $5 per month… but it’s free! Fascinating question.
  (tags: google money search)

• Realtors Must Face Industry’s Changes Head On, Says NAR President
  Obvious, but interesting nonetheless
  (tags: realtors NAR news)
• Cougs beat Huskies in donation rivalry
  Cougs raised $98,000 for Habitat for Humanity’s hurricane relief program
  (tags: charity, seattle, hurricane)
• State’s job growth continues in October
  more good economic news for homeowners…
  (tags: seattle news)
• Google Base To Go Live Tomorrow? (Rumor)
  Will it have real estate listings?
  (tags: googlebase realestate)
• UptownSeattle: 15 great Seattle blogs
  Great list… I just added a bunch of blogs to my reader!
  (tags: seattle blogs)
• Blogging for Profit
  A “must read” article for real estate agents interested in blogging
  (tags: realestate blogging advice)
• Don’t Press the Red Button
  Really. Don’t

• Google Analytics
  A free Google tool to better understand the traffic on your website!
  (tags: google statistics web tools analysis traffic marketing)
• Celebrity Maps
  Do you want to live near a celebrity?
  (tags: google maps celebrity fun)
• Big sale includes two Seattle hotels – 2005-11-14
  Host Marriott Corp. will pay $3.3 billion to buy 38 luxury and upscale hotels
  (tags: hotels purchase seattle)
• SoYouWanna move to a new city?
  Some good tips and advice for people getting ready to move
  (tags: seattle moving)
• Madison Park pricey, viewed as worth it
  Seattle Times describes the Madison Park Neighborhood
  (tags: Madison_Park, neighborhood seattle seattletimes)
• Real-estate how-to: Use your senses when shopping for a home
  (tags: realestate seattletimes seattle)
• Web Site to Blend Journalism With Blogs
  Do you think they’re looking for real estate bloggers? 🙂
  (tags: blogging news)
• McDonald’s investor wants real estate spinoff
  There’s money in that ground…
  (tags: realestate news)
• Red hot real estate: Buying at auction
  Getting a deal from a bank
  (tags: king5 realestate bank auction)
• No Bubble Here: California Commercial Loan Delinquency Ratio Reaches 30-Month Low
  Interesting… and surprising
  (tags: commercial realestate california bubble)
• Seattle’s job gains continue
  Good news for Seattle Home Owners
  (tags: seattle seattlePI jobs)
• More money for online real estate
  John Cook’s update on real estate search…
  (tags: seattle realestate search seattlePI)

UPDATE: I’m experimenting with a feature of del.icio.us that lets me post all of the links that I’ve saved for that day. What do people think if I made this a daily feature? (Normally, there won’t be nearly as many links. I was playing with del.icio.us a lot today!) Also, I posted about del.icio.us last May.