By The Tim on March 17, 2010
Let’s take a look at February NWMLS statistics from around the sound. As usual, courtesy Tableau Software (available free to use online), the Around the Sound update is rocking sweet interactive data visualizations.
Feel free to download the old charts in Excel 2007 and Excel 2003 format. To get specific info about a certain [...]
Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged around-the-sound, graphs, inventory, King_County, Kitsap, NWMLS, Pierce, SAAS, sales, Skagit, Snohomish, Statistics, Tableau, Thurston, Whatcom

By The Tim on March 16, 2010
Since February employment numbers were just recently released here in Washington State, let’s check in again on the jobs situation around Seattle, courtesy of data from the Washington State Employment Security Department. The style of most of these charts are stolen from the excellent San Diego housing reporter Rich Toscano.
First up, here’s a two-year [...]
Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged Jobs, job_growth, unemployment, where-the-jobs-are
By The Tim on March 11, 2010
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
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Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged foreclosures, King_County, Notice of Trustee Sale, Pierce, Snohomish, Tableau, trustee-deeds

By The Tim on March 10, 2010
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

By The Tim on March 4, 2010
February market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s the NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS brokers say housing market in Washington State indicates recovery.
“We are entering what is traditionally our busiest home selling season,” said NWMLS director OB Jacobi, general manager of Windermere Real Estate Company. “With the first job increase since 2008 [...]
Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged NWMLS, SAAS, Statistics

By The Tim on March 2, 2010
With February in the rear-view mirror, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County Records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the “preview,” drop a line in [...]
Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged county-records, foreclosures, inventory, Notice of Trustee Sale, preview, sales, Statistics, trustee-deeds, warranty-deeds
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