Boeing Will Save Us

[wreckingbull]

[Markor]

[EconE]

[Markor]

None (really).

Here's what's going to happen on the Eastside: Microsoft will add 3,000+ new employees there in the next year or two. Most will not make enough to afford a house, so they'll rent. That will put upward pressure on rents. If rents rise then there will be upward pressure on house prices. Prices could still fall, due to bubble popping, increased rental supply, etc. But a fall is less likely, and a rise more likely, with each new below-average-wage worker added in a given time period.

[Lake Hills Renter]

[Markor]

[Lake Hills Renter]

So you made it up. You seem pretty comfortable making predictions based on fairy tale numbers and anecdotal evidence. Are you sure you're not a real estate agent?

[rose-colored-coolaid]

[Lake Hills Renter]

[Markor]

[Lake Hills Renter]

[Markor]

[mike2]

[Markor]

That's a good point. Then again Microsoft's market shows no sign of slowing, and they're in something of an arms race against Google.

[rose-colored-coolaid]