Bill on Marketing

We all greatly enjoy working with many of the gifted architects in our region. The building shown is the proposed Eco-Laboratory project from Weber + Thompson. This building went before the Seattle City Council recently to assess whether code changes are necessary in order to create something like this. In a related note, famed architect Curtis Gelotte commented on our post from last week that showed the Aussie home built over a river. Curtis’s comments: Yes, it’s a truly wonderful house! Of course, it couldn’t be built here, since it would violate just about every “environmental” regulation out there. It’s built over a STREAM! We need to stay AT LEAST 50 feet away, maybe 150 feet. Even IF nobody can find a trout fingerling in there, but somebody says they thought they might have once, sometime in the past. It’s built on a STEEP SLOPE! We must stay at least 10 feet away from the top, probably 25 feet, even if a geologist says it’s OK, AND at least 25 feet away from the toe of the slope, even if a geologist says it’s OK. I guess this means we are more “environmentally sensitive” than those crazy Australians…..

Sarah 'Krebsy' Adams Crunches Numbers

The recently updated Case Shiller index still shows declines over one year ago in many major markets, including Seattle. These reflect May numbers, so we will be watching carefully for updates.

Case Shiller. The index has a base value of 100 in January 2000. So a current index value of 150 translates to a 50% appreciate rate since January 2000 for a typical home located within the metro market. 

From an anonymous staff member (not necessarily from Erik)

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.
 Marcus Tullius Cicero – 55 BC  

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