By The Tim on January 26, 2009
Time (or past time) to take a look at December’s “Months of Supply” for the 30 NWMLS areas in King County. For an explanation of what months of supply means, please refer to the original neighborhood MOS breakdown post. Also, view a map of these areas here. December MOS for King County as a whole [...]
Posted in Neighborhoods, Statistics | Tagged graphs, months of supply, Neighborhoods, NWMLS, Statistics
By The Tim on January 25, 2009
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 01.31.2009.
Posted in Polls | Tagged layoffs, Polls
By The Tim on January 24, 2009
FYI, I’m migrating the site to a new server right now, so if things are not working, or only partly working, that’s probably why. Also, I’m updating the theme to the latest version. You can now reply to comments directly. Current known issues: Forums totally broken. Inventory tracker not updating. “Recent On-Topic Forum Posts” sidebar [...]
Posted in Administrative | Tagged administrative
By The Tim on January 23, 2009
The local papers ran some new stories yesterday about the 2008 full-year report from the NWMLS (pdf). I thought the story would be better conveyed through a few simple charts.
Posted in Statistics | Tagged graphs, NWMLS, sales, Statistics
By The Tim on January 22, 2009
Here’s the official word on the long-rumored layoffs at Microsoft, courtesy Todd Bishop at TechFlash: Microsoft this morning announced earnings well below its previous estimates and said it will be cutting 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months to adjust to the new economic reality, including 1,400 positions today. The company isn’t saying how many [...]
Posted in News | Tagged layoffs, Microsoft
By The Tim on January 21, 2009
Let’s check in on the NWMLS statistics from around the sound. Here’s where the YOY stats stand for each of the six counties as of December 2008: (Note: The “Sales” data below represents pending sales, not closed sales.) King – Price: -7.2% | Listings: +6.4% | Sales: -16.1% | MOS: 9.6 Snohomish – Price: -11.2% [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged around-the-sound, graphs, inventory, King_County, Kitsap, NWMLS, Pierce, sales, Skagit, Snohomish, Statistics, Thurston
