http://blog.estately.com A look behind the scenes at Estately, a Seattle area real estate search startup Thu, 01 May 2008 23:37:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And until I belatedly read the the New York Times bit on golf, I thought the next guy still liked golf. If you are the rebel who still golfs, the golfer who subscribes to GolfPunk magazine, full text will help you find a home on a golf course: A quick ... http://blog.estately.com/2008/05/01/i-hate-golf-as-much-as-the-next-guy/ Residents are still upset about townhomes invading their neighborhoods and yuppies taking over Ballard. Don't fear Seattle residents, the construction slowdown is upon us and the all powerful economic gods of too much supply and not enough demand are putting the breaks on the yuppie invasion. http://blog.estately.com/2008/04/30/builders-keep-building-in-spite-of-the-so-so-market/ File this under old news, but it costs about 4% of the value of your home when a sex offender moves in nearby. Ouch. http://blog.estately.com/2008/04/28/how-much-is-it-worth-to-live-away-from-a-sex-offender/ We announced a round of angel investment yesterday. It's been quite a ride getting to this point and I'm very excited about the next year - we'll have more news to share soon enough. I'd like to thank Brier Dudley, John Cook, Bloodhound blog and everyone else for covering the news! http://blog.estately.com/2008/04/24/estately-announces-funding/ This "charmer" is the featured property on the Capitol Hill blog's neighborhood recruitment program this week. Only in Capitol Hill, Seattle is a property well into jumbo loan territory be considered entry level. We do appreciate the Capitol Hill blog's efforts and we realize that they really are looking at ... http://blog.estately.com/2008/04/21/featured-home-at-the-capitol-hill-blog/ We don't normally post about the software that powers our non-blog site (Ruby On Rails - we like it a lot), but I just clicked through for some documentation and lo-and-behold, RubyOnRails.org is now squaterville: According to domaintools.com, it has been snatched up by a company called Next Angle. It looks ... http://blog.estately.com/2008/04/20/rubyonrailsorg-snatched-by-a-squatter/ At for homes. The researchers think exact numbers are low (like Walmart) while rounded numbers are high. They're totally wrong on one count though: "A condo priced at say $153,122 might actually sell faster than one priced at 150" They may be right about people's feelings once they see the condo, ... http://blog.estately.com/2008/03/29/exact-prices-are-better-except-when-theyre-much-much-worse/ Fears are probably a little overblown that Georgetown will ever be an upscale neighborhood; it is in a valley bounded by a polluted river, an airport and I-5, but residents are concerned. Read our bit on Georgetown blogs. http://blog.estately.com/2008/03/28/georgetown-going-upscale/ Remember that dead project that car owners paid taxes on for 3 years only to have the plug pulled? The Seattle Transit blog covers what went wrong from a very pro-Sound Transit standpoint. http://blog.estately.com/2008/03/27/what-happened-to-the-monorail/ Yep, some of 40 year mortgages currently being handed out will simultaneously go over the hill and expire sometime around 2048. And what do 40 year mortgage holders save over a 30 year? Not a lot. You're saving $100 a month on a $200,000 loan. It's not like the difference ... http://blog.estately.com/2008/03/11/when-your-mortgage-is-over-the-hill/