Rent Control: A Comprehensive Analysis
If you weren’t concerned about rent control before the recent election you may be feeling that concern now. There is no doubt that the proponents of the idea now feel that not only they won but their ideas won too. That remains to be seen. In order to be prepared for the onslaught of activism […]
Don’t Be Fooled: Rent Stabilization is Rent Control
Tomorrow 7 Seattle City Council seats are up for grabs. I already wrote last week about how the local, self-proclaimed, business community is supporting Egan Orion with hundreds of thousands of dollars even though Orion supports rent control. But wait. He doesn’t support rent control. Orion supports rent stabilization. Oh, stabilization. Got it. There’s a […]
The Stranger: More Fun With Real Estate Conspiracy Theories
Last week, we got the jump on a really misleading “report” that, once again, somehow, a relatively small number of real estate transactions are distorting the entire housing market. The Stranger felt compelled to respond with a flailing post that mentions my name 8 times but really doesn’t show how around 1,600 units of expensive […]
