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Piggington's Econo-Almanac
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Piggington's Econo-Almanac is a personal blog at piggington.com about economics and data. Since 2018, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this blog as a source for San Diego housing market data and analysis, including months of active inventory and price cuts. One commenter points readers to its FAQ.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
I don't know the exact percentage of properties not in Zillow but in the MLS, but it is a very small amount. Zillow changed the game when it came to us non-Realtors(R) having access to housing price data. So much so, that some housing economist types have noted what appear to be permanent changes in months of active inventory (eg https://www.piggington.com , who analyzes San Diego's market) I don't think it's hyperb…
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on “Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lays off 25% of staff”If you are interested in some really good data on the San Diego area housing market: https://www.piggington.com/september_2018_housing_data_slowd...
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on “More Than One in Four Home-Sellers Dropped Their Price Last Month”I would have if I had the equity to spare. I was expecting it from ~2006 onward. Check out https://www.piggington.com/frequently_asked_questions - I was a pretty avid reader at the time.
Comment linking /frequently_asked_questions
on “Shorting Home Equity Mezzanine Tranches (2007) [pdf]”