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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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has anyone else played the chicken pox game on Redfin? it's a lot of fun.
here's how to play:
1. get on RedFin 2. set the map so only north Arlington between the Potomac river, 123, and I66 is showing 3. set the parameters to houses only from $0 to $500K maximum price 4. observe 5. now change the price parameters to $500K minimum and no max 6. yell out, "HEY! you gave my computer screen chicken pox!" 7. laugh
Its now about 2/3 what it was 2 years ago. At least we are now seeing (on average) 10% off sales prices of 2 years ago. I only wish it was about triple that!
has anyone else played the chicken pox game on Redfin? it's a lot of fun.
ReplyDeletehere's how to play:
1. get on RedFin
2. set the map so only north Arlington between the Potomac river, 123, and I66 is showing
3. set the parameters to houses only from $0 to $500K maximum price
4. observe
5. now change the price parameters to $500K minimum and no max
6. yell out, "HEY! you gave my computer screen chicken pox!"
7. laugh
You should have tried that 2 years ago. Back then it was a sea of red! My how times have changed.
ReplyDeleteit's still a pretty thick sea of houses, i wish i had seen it two years ago to compare.
ReplyDeleteIts now about 2/3 what it was 2 years ago. At least we are now seeing (on average) 10% off sales prices of 2 years ago. I only wish it was about triple that!
ReplyDelete