They say the real estate market is about to burst - or is housing about to bust? Well, we’re officially house hunting - and boy, are there a lot of house species in the wild. You have your classic Fixerus Uppicus, which needs a lot more than TLC. There’s the wily Bungali Crampi, or the houses that tend to be too small for home office needs. The real estate wild doesn’t end there, though! We have the Eightia Stuckia, or the house that is blatantly frozen in time with tons of gold trim. My favorite is the Toodamnexpensivus Fortherestofus, natch. Oh, the joys of finding a house to own - the real estate market in Seattle is challenging.

• Rain City Real Estate Guide

• Pigeon Point Project
• Seattle Property News
• Seattle Real Estate News
• East Side Real Estate
• Atelier 918
• Seattle Real Estate Talk
• Seattle Real Estate Radio

We’ve seen over 20 houses so far, and I’m sure we’ll have to wade through another 20 (twenty times over) before we find *THE* house to buy. We’ve been renting for so long, it’ll be nice to have a sense of permanence after all these years. Seattle is a good market, although there’s some kind of real estate rivalry going on between “the city” and “the East Side.” I don’t care either way, actually - as I’m used to driving everywhere for just about everything. If we stay in Seattle, we’re doomed to pay for parking forevermore (or fight for it). If we go to the East Side, we’re bludgeoned with overpriced housing. Can’t go too far north, too far south, or too far east - it’s too darn far. No neighborhood is perficus.