By The Tim on December 31, 2008
Let’s check out the three price tiers for the Seattle area, as measured by Case-Shiller. Remember, Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. First up is the straight graph of the index from January 2000 through October 2008. Prices fell at virtually the same rate in [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged Case-Shiller, Statistics, tiers
By The Tim on December 30, 2008
It’s time once again for our monthly update to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to October data, Down 1.4% September to October. Down 10.2% YOY. Down 11.4% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.94% from September to October and year-over-year prices were up 3.3%. Here’s the usual graph, with L.A. & [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged behind the cycle, California, Case-Shiller, graphs, Statistics
By The Tim on December 29, 2008
I’m happy to announce that Seattle Bubble now sports a new and improved sidebar inventory tracker, thanks to Galen Ward of Estately.com. A few months ago our most reliable source for the hourly inventory tracker went offline, leaving us with two far less dependable sources for the inventory data. Since then the sidebar inventory tracker [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged Estately, inventory, real estate search
By The Tim on December 28, 2008
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 01.03.2009.
Posted in Polls | Tagged Polls
By The Tim on December 26, 2008
There are many reasons you might want to do some research into the loan documents and other public records for a certain property. You’re thinking of buying a house and want to know how much the seller owes when crafting your offer. You’re looking at a home for rent and want to know if the [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged how-to, public records, records
By Crystal on December 25, 2008
A Visit from Hank Paulson ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the land Not a creature was stirring, not even Suzanne; Bad mortgages hung by the treasury with care, In hopes that Hank Paulson soon would be there; The realtors were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of six percent danc’d [...]
Posted in Administrative, Open Thread | Tagged Christmas, Crystal, open_thread, pink ponies
