By The Tim on November 30, 2011
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. Note that the tiers are determined by sale volume. In other words, 1/3 of all sales fall into each tier. For more details [...]
Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged Case-Shiller, Statistics, tiers
By The Tim on November 30, 2011
Here is your open thread for the mid-week on November 30th, 2011. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in [...]
Posted in Open Thread | Tagged open_thread
By The Tim on November 29, 2011
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to September data, Seattle-area home prices were: Down 1.1% August to September. Down 6.5% YOY. Down 29.5% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.8% from July to August and year-over-year prices were down 2.4%. After increasing for [...]
Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged behind the cycle, California, Case-Shiller, graphs, Statistics, Tableau
By The Tim on November 28, 2011
This is fairly off-topic (although we have covered this subject occasionally in the past), but with all the teeth-gnashing I’ve been reading about lately regarding the latest round of supposedly major cuts required to keep state spending in line with revenues, I thought it might be interesting to look at a couple of charts on [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged budget, Gregoire, politics, tax revenues
By The Tim on November 28, 2011
Good comment from Jonness on this week’s poll: Personally, I would not feel comfortable leveraging into a $360K loan on a $100K income at a time where a significant risk of price declines exists. But, apparently many people have no problem with this. From what I’ve read, many people actually consider 28% of gross annual [...]
Posted in Opinion | Tagged affordability
By The Tim on November 28, 2011
Here is your open thread for Monday November 28th, 2011. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in the user-driven [...]
Posted in Open Thread | Tagged open_thread
