One small request: Would you format the invetory logs so that the fields are separated by a tab instead of a space? That would make it easier to paste them into Excel.
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I’d like it if the value for each was actually a hyperlink to the log, so you could just click and open the location to see the trend.

Done and done.

And I noticed something very cool – you can paste the logs into Excel and use as a live feed – at least you can using excel 2007.

You say “no need to get defensive”, but you’re being a complete ass, so why wouldn’t I response in kind?

“it is generally considered courtesy not to take the name of someone else that was on the forum before you arrived”

Listen to yourself.. I “took” your name. Wow. Your online stature must be incredibly threatened.

Yes, I posted as “Matthew” again. I may do it again in the future. Who knows…

Sorry to burst your bubble (pun intended) but there may be another person called Matthew in this world, aside from you and that dude in the Bible.

I can imagine that it could provide bad data though. Near the end of a month where there is usually a statistically large uptick in sales (spring) you’ll be using current inventory (large) with old sales (small) which will incorrectly amplify the statistic.

It might be getting a little complex, but you could take historic increases/decreases in sales between successive months and use that percentage to extrapolate from the previous end-of-month figure, depending on how far into the month we are.

It should be neat to see how the hourly graphs change across the 24 hours of the day. We’ll get a little bit of insight into what hours they work over at Windermere.

I’d love to see the numbers rendered on a real-estate sign.

You know…for irony. :-)

Finance, minus 10 points for not reading the sidebar.

I like the idea of giving the numbers context. I might be able to add a YOY comparison to the current month’s year-ago month-end total. I’ll have to play around with it.

Months of Supply is more tricky, because it requires the sales, which I know of no way to find outside of the NWMLS month-end reports.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Keep it coming!

Wish there was a way to separate out those atrocious “craftsman” style townhomes that are turning Seattle into Anytown USA….

Maybe these extra houses are needed in the market to find an equilibrium point, which means that housing appreciation flattens out. After all in the last year the population in the Seattle region increased by 1.5% and the vacancy rate for apartments/housing in Seattle is ~2% (which is causing rents to rise).

The low vacancy rate also applies to commercial RE (especially in Bellevue & Seattle).

Alan, I’ve been tracking inventory for Tacoma and Gig Harbor since Feb 06 from ZipRealty and I noticed inventory plateau in June. I thought maybe we’d hit the limit for the year, but now all of a sudden it’s taking off again. I was thinking maybe a lot of contracts with RE agents expired and sellers had to shop their house to another agent. Anyone else have any insight?

I drove through the area south of Puyallup today, called Frederickson (not sure if it’s actually in Graham or not) and there were housing and condo complexes going up everywhere, not to mention lots of road construction crews out. These houses are packed together like the proverbial sardines. I also saw a sign off the road that said something about “This property has appreciated $45,000 since (some span of months)” and they’re pushing it as investment property. One development was only an empty lot with bulldozers frantically getting it ready. There is a lot of inventory still to come online in Pierce county.

Come to think of it, maybe I’ll have a beer anyway.

I started recording values from Windermere late last month. The past few weeks have been steady, but inventory has been climbing quickly this week.

Monday I recorded 9695. Today it is at 9871. That is an average of nearly 59 houses added a day. That is a 0.6% increase a day == 18% a month == 220% a year (not compounded).

I came here to post this and what do I see but an incredibly timely post. Outstanding work, Tim.

% change Y0Y or MOM, or better – a constantly updating graph, though I’m sure that would be quite a programming chore.