A reader who wrote in earlier this month contacted me with a There are SO FEW homes that are 1,500-1,700 square feet (about the square footage I think my family could live in comfortably) that are not split entries (my husband and I find them inefficiently laid out and not very amenable to changes to…
Tag: inventory
The Mega Spring Bounce of 2012
In order to quantify just how absurd this year’s spring bounce has been, here are a few charts I generated from the single-family home data on Redfin’s region page for King County: Listings continue to drop through the floor. The selection this year really is abysmal. Meanwhile, listing prices are soaring through the roof. They…
Reader Question: Did I Just Step Into a Shark Tank?
I received the following pair of emails from Seattle Bubble readers in the last few weeks, both describing a similar frustration with today’s housing market in Seattle. They’re a little long, but both worth reading. Here’s the first one: My husband and I are hoping to buy a house sometime this summer in the Shoreline…
April Stats Preview: Long-Term Listings Loss Edition
With April behind us, it’s time for another new stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in the comments…
March Stats Preview: New Foreclosure Surge Edition
Now that March is in the rear view mirror, it’s time for another new stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop…