By deejayoh on January 7, 2008
Quick post, NWMLS numbers have been released for December – showing that both Seattle and King County SFH have gone negative on a year-over-year basis.
From Aubry Cohen at the PI
The median selling price in December was $455,975 in SeattleInfolgedessen wenn Sie bequemem Vorratsbehalter online denken, überpruft Organisation Ihr Schotterhaufen oder Einkaufen auf Ihrer geliebten Web [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged Beeson, NWMLS, Statistics

By deejayoh on January 3, 2008
One of the arguments often discussed with respect to the housing bubble is the fact that the ratio of prices to rents has been fairly consistent on a historical basis, but that this ratio has been blown out in the past few years as home prices have shot up. Indeed, this can be seen [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged Dupre+Scott, fundamentals, income, price-to-rent

By deejayoh on December 26, 2007
The October data from from Case-Shiller has been released, showing that Seattle remained one of only three markets to have positive year over year returns (in addition to Portland and Charlotte), while posting it’s third straight month of declining real estate values:
- Down 0.94% between September and October.
- Up 3.30% YOY.
We now have seen a [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged behind the cycle, Case-Shiller

By deejayoh on December 14, 2007
Posted today over at MSNBC – sometimes viewed as a source of “news”, I found this tidbit. It looks like we’re gonna get bailed out by the Canucks! Phew
As loonie surges, Canadians snap up US homes
Snowbirds bring checkbooks to grab properties at deep discount
CHANDLER, Ariz. – Two hours after his flight landed in Phoenix, [...]
Posted in News | Tagged anecdote

By deejayoh on November 30, 2007
I got this in the mail earlier this week, and just had to share. Houses are still cheaper than latte’s, apparently…
Deejayoh
addendum:
I clicked through to the site that the postcard directs you to. The “bonuses” are pretty significant relative to the starting prices, it seems to me
Buyer Bonuses at Select Communities
For purchases on October 1, 2007 [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged advertising, anecdote, builders

By deejayoh on November 14, 2007
Picked this up from Aubrey Cohen’s blog. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the NAR and well-known real estate seer has confirmed what our local press and real estate folks have know for years: Seattle really is special! It’s about jobs and Microsoft millionaires. Why didn’t we think about that?!?!
Seattle a “superstar” market
Seattle is becoming a [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Cohen, Rhodes, Seattle_is_special, Seattle_Times, world_class_cities
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