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Friday Flashback: “The last spaceship flight off a planet that’s about to explode”

By The Tim on March 12, 2010 | 46 Responses

Here’s one of my favorite pre-bursting-bubble gems. It’s an opinion piece that was published in the Seattle P-I on October 20, 2006, penned by guest columnist Sarah McCormic (her website even still features the article as a noteworthy sample of her work).
photo by Flickr user jurvetson
With friends who have also been lucky enough to [...]

Posted in Local, News | Tagged flashback | 46 Responses

Foreclosures Dip Slightly in February

By The Tim on March 11, 2010 | 4 Responses

Time for our detailed look at foreclosure activity for February in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary:
February 2009
King: 722 NTS, down 13.8% YOY
Snohomish: 472 NTS, down 6.5% YOY
Pierce: 455 NTS, down 21.3% YOY
Here’s your interactive Tableau dashboard updated with the latest foreclosure data:

Foreclosure Dashboard

The [...]

Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged foreclosures, King_County, Notice of Trustee Sale, Pierce, Snohomish, Tableau, trustee-deeds | 4 Responses

Declines in King’s Median Price Softened by Sales Shifts

By The Tim on March 10, 2010 | 27 Responses

Yesterday in our discussion about the wide variety of median price changes in neighborhoods around King County, a question came up: How can two thirds of the neighborhoods be experiencing median price declines but the county-wide median is basically flat?
This is a phenomenon we have addressed here in the past, but since it has been [...]

Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged median, NWMLS, Statistics | 27 Responses

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