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Reader Question: Home Prices in Gold?

Posted on November 8, 2012November 8, 2012 by The Tim

A reader emailed me with a question about home prices compared to gold: Any easy way for you to compare Case-Shiller home prices to gold? I have a hunch prices have dropped much more dramatically than we realize, as our USD goes in the tank. Maybe Goldman’s 22% drop prediction was closer if the nasty…

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Local Incomes: Median & Per Capita, Real & Nominal

Posted on September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 by The Tim

Okay let’s revisit the discussion on local incomes once more. First up, I’d like to highlight the top comment from Monday’s discussion, posted by “gr8day”: I make less today than I did 6 years ago. So does my barber, my brother, my next door neighbor, best friend, pastor at church, and most of the people…

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King County Home Prices & Affordability 1950 – Q2 2012

Posted on June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 by The Tim

A reader pointed out to me this week that it has been three years since I updated the long-term chart of King County home prices back to 1950. So, by request, here is an update to that chart as of May, along with the affordability index over the same time period. In the first quarter…

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Local Home Prices Outpaced by Inflation since 2000

Posted on February 27, 2012February 28, 2012 by The Tim

A commenter brought up an interesting point over the weekend: I thought Case-Shiller showed that over time dwellings gained nothing more than inflation. Let’s see how Seattle’s Case-Shiller index has performed compared to inflation since 2000. In the chart below I’ve plotted Seattle’s Case-Shiller Home Price Index (which comes from the factory indexed to January…

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Poll: 2012 to 2017: Monetary…

Posted on February 26, 2012March 4, 2012 by The Tim

This poll was active 02.26.2012 through 03.03.2012

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