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Median Prices Still Crashing in Some Neighborhoods

By The Tim on March 9, 2010 | 48 Responses

As we were digging through the February data from the NWMLS, some of us noticed something interesting. While the county-wide median price was basically flat year-over-year, there is a pretty strong divergence from region to region around the county.
Here’s what the YOY median price breakdown looks like at the region level:
SW King: -12.8%
SE King: [...]

Posted in Neighborhoods, Statistics | Tagged median, Neighborhoods, NWMLS, Tableau | 48 Responses

Some Insight Into Why Real Estate Reporting Usually Sucks

By The Tim on March 8, 2010 | 15 Responses

Thursday night I attended my first Ignite event. Ignite is based on a simple premise: presenters get 5 minutes on stage with a 20-slide presentation that auto-advances every 15 seconds. Thursday’s event had 16 or so speakers on a wide variety of subjects. I definitely recommend attending.
While there were no real estate [...]

Posted in Audio & Video | Tagged Ignite, journalism, video | 15 Responses

Poll: Best way to buy real estate?

By The Tim on March 7, 2010 | 180 Responses

Please vote in this poll using the sidebar.
This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 03.13.2010.

Posted in Polls | Tagged Polls | 180 Responses

Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-03-06

By The Tim on March 6, 2010 | 4 Responses

Talton on the economy: "The US appears to be in a technical recovery, but the relief for many seems slight." http://is.gd/9pEl6 #
University of Texas: Zillow "Zestimates" are pretty worthless. Zillow: Nu-uh! http://is.gd/9uje3 #
Intriguing reader idea: sharing buyers' inspections. http://is.gd/9vsA6 #
It's expansion month for Seattle RE tech firms! Estately in DC http://is.gd/9xswc and Redfin in Oregon [...]

Posted in News | Tagged link_roundup, Twitter | 4 Responses

Friday Flashback: A Great Time for Wise Investors

By The Tim on March 5, 2010 | 38 Responses

Here’s an episode of the HGTV show “House Hunters” that aired on July 17, 2008, but was probably filmed around September 2007 (based on the closing date of the featured buyer).

Here are some choice quotes for those of you who can’t watch the video:

Host: “Because of the abundance of new construction, it’s a great time [...]

Posted in Local, News | Tagged 2008, flashback | 38 Responses

Reporting Roundup: Talking Points Edition

By The Tim on March 5, 2010 | 2 Responses

Time for the monthly reporting roundup, where I read all the local paper rehashes of the NWMLS press release so you don’t have to.
Here’s a link to this month’s NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS brokers say housing market in Washington State indicates recovery
Northwest Multiple Listing Service members reported strong gains in home sales during February, [...]

Posted in Local, News | Tagged Beeson, Benbow, Boone, bottom-calling, Crellin, Everett_Herald, JohnLScott, Kearsley, Olympian, Pryne, reporting_roundup, Scott, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times, Spratt, Tacoma_Tribune, tax credit | 2 Responses