{"id":17654,"date":"2020-12-29T06:55:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17654"},"modified":"2020-12-29T07:15:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T14:15:24","slug":"overnight-news-if-seattles-exurbs-are-smokin-hot-how-cold-is-soggy-rain-city-itself-redfin-only-likes-half-of-that-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17654\/overnight-news-if-seattles-exurbs-are-smokin-hot-how-cold-is-soggy-rain-city-itself-redfin-only-likes-half-of-that-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: If Seattle\u2019s exurbs are smokin\u2019 hot, how cold is soggy Rain City itself? Redfin only likes half of that\u00a0question."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_16586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ya think it's easy?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t like riots? Who knew?\u201d<\/p><\/div>I swear, you cannot make this stuff up. Seattle is being <em>emptied<\/em> by its riots, and Redfin notices by ostentatiously not noticing. As was noted in the comments here lately, this is by now arguably a matter of fraud \u2013 boosting their own home values as they too race away from the inevitable further consequences of Marxism.<\/p>\n<p>My take, about which I may have much more to say later:<\/p>\n<p>For freedom of trade to persist, trustworthiness should not just be assumed but never doubted. Accordingly, worthy traders must be more than simply non-predatory \u2013 they must be explicitly, overtly and vigilantly <em>anti-predation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are far too many ways to get this wrong, but here is an easy way for Redfin to start getting it right:<\/p>\n<p>Tell the truth \u2013 all of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Brutality:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/selfadoration.com\/a-future-more-vivid\/7756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A future more vivid.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside the mall:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redfin:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/most-competitive-cities-homebuying-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 of the 10 Most Competitive Cities For Buying a Home This Year Are in Washington State.<\/a> How&#8217;d that happen?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/12\/05\/will-cities-survive-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Cities Survive 2020?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redfin:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/housing-market-update-december-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Housing Market Update: Home Prices Up 14%, Pending Sales Rise 34%.<\/a> More about what the riots that definitely did not happen this Summer still aren&#8217;t doing to the real estate markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Libby Emmons:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/29\/the-new-york-times-using-its-reporting-resources-to-weaponize-teen-drama-is-a-scary-trend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times Using Its Reporting Resources To Weaponize Teen Drama Is A Scary Trend.<\/a> This story is precisely why the NAR gave itself a speech code: Weaponized evil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrea Widburg:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/ukraine_press_conference_explicitly_ties_hunter_and_joe_biden_to_corruption.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ukraine press conference explicitly ties Hunter and Joe Biden to corruption.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>American Thinker:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/articles\/2020\/12\/a_supreme_court_in_hiding_is_dangerous_for_our_country.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Supreme Court in Hiding is Dangerous for Our Country.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Federalist:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/29\/a-national-popular-vote-wont-fix-the-electoral-college-but-smaller-government-will\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A National Popular Vote Won\u2019t Fix The Electoral College, But Smaller Government Will.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FEE.org:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/compulsory-schooling-laws-what-if-we-didnt-have-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Compulsory Schooling Laws: What if We Didn&#8217;t Have Them?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t like riots? Who knew?\u201dI swear, you cannot make this stuff up. Seattle is being emptied by its riots, and Redfin notices by ostentatiously not noticing. As was noted in the comments here lately, this is by now arguably a matter of fraud \u2013 boosting their own home values as they too race away [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18563,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18563\/overnight-news-hey-redfin-how-do-recent-movers-feel-about-riots\/","url_meta":{"origin":17654,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: Hey, Redfin: How do recent movers feel about\u00a0riots?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"America is aghast at its own collapse, and this seems to have resulted in a dearth of fluffy real estate lies. But Redfin always comes through, today with a survey of recent movers' attitudes about hot-button political issues. That alone seems stupid to me: \"We're from Redfin, and we market\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17060,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17060\/overnight-news-mocking-redfin-about-the-dystemperors-new-unriots-is-funny-until-you-think-about-what-our-studied-negligence-is-doing-to-the-black-middle-class\/","url_meta":{"origin":17654,"position":1},"title":"Overnight News: Mocking Redfin about The Dystemperor\u2019s New Unriots is funny \u2013 until you think about what our studied negligence is doing to the black middle\u00a0class.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As I noted yesterday, these are not just riots we are seeing across the country, they are carefully-mismanaged riots. Where the police department is allowed to function according to well-understood crowd-control theory, there are no riots. Cf., e.g., Detroit. As with acknowledging the riots themselves, taking note of this deliberate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17038,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17038\/overnight-news-redfin-why-isnt-this-historic-sellers-market-holding-back-buyers-ctrl-f-riot-not-found\/","url_meta":{"origin":17654,"position":2},"title":"Overnight News: Redfin: \u201cWhy isn\u2019t this historic seller\u2019s market holding back buyers?\u201d CTRL-F \u2018riot\u2019; not found.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Housing Wire: Fed says expect low rates through 2023. Much better crystal ball than the one we have... Forbes: Will The Latest Stimulus Proposal Stop A Potential Housing Crisis In 2021? Redfin: Home Prices Rose 11% in August\u2014Biggest Gain in Over 6 Years. Housing Wire: More young adults live at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16982,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16982\/now-look-at-this-chart-and-tell-me-where-the-riots-are\/","url_meta":{"origin":17654,"position":3},"title":"\u201cNow look at this chart and tell me where the riots\u00a0are&#8230;\u201d","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I love this image from Redfin: What is the name of the condition where people lie with their words but tell the truth with their deeds? Are there riots in America this Summer \u2013 despite the overwhelming public denials? Are those riots affecting real estate choices? Meanwhile: Who thinks that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-11-at-4.02.54-PM-1024x753.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-11-at-4.02.54-PM-1024x753.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-11-at-4.02.54-PM-1024x753.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-11-at-4.02.54-PM-1024x753.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17421,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17421\/overnight-news-redfin-pleads-how-can-we-be-evil-when-we-lose-money-so-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":17654,"position":4},"title":"Overnight News: Redfin pleads, \u201cHow can we be evil when we lose money so\u00a0well?!?\u201d","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I wanted for this election to be about freedom versus Marxism. I definitely did not want for it to be about Coronavirus, when that came along, but I confess that I did not see that the underlying issue was everything versus China. In the end, though, we end up almost\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17487,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17487\/overnight-news-the-fall-back-for-the-fall-back-cheating-terrorism-welcome-to-brown-shirt-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":17654,"position":5},"title":"Overnight News: The fall-back for the fall-back cheating? Terrorism. 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