As you may recall, a few months ago the NWMLS statistics for April showed a slight increase in prices (+2.0%) month-to-month. Well, the April Case-Shiller Home Price Index has been published, and surprisingly, they show an increase for April as well, but not nearly as much: Up 0.7% March to April. Down 4.9% YOY. According…
Month: June 2008
Will High Gas Prices Save Close-in Neighborhoods?
In a discussion last month where we discussed the relationship between gas prices and home purchase decisions, I made the following assertion: …mathematically the decision to move closer just because of higher gas prices doesn’t really make sense. In the last few days I’ve run across a few news articles that again make the contrary…
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Link Roundup: Taxes, Fraud, & Layoffs (oh my)
There have been a lot of local real estate stories this week that are worth mentioning, but aren’t big enough to merit their own post. So it’s time for another link roundup. Tax Assessments & Government Revenue First up, while tax assessments may be falling in Pierce and Snohomish, it looks like they’re still on…
Does Record Inventory == Larger Selection?
I received a question recently from a reader that can basically be boiled down to “does record-high inventory really equate to the ‘larger selection’ that real estate agents have been touting recently?” Here is their reasoning for asking: Let’s say (just making numbers up here) that during the boom years 10 houses with your parameters…