By The Tim on December 30, 2012
This poll was active 12.30.2012 through 01.05.2013
Posted in Polls | Tagged inventory, Polls, predictions
By The Tim on October 26, 2012
Readers may recall the following prediction from Goldman Sachs in June 2010: Goldman: Seattle Home Prices to Fall 22% More by 2012 Following their earlier collapse, house prices appear caught in a cross current. On the one hand, there are indications that prices may have bottomed. While alternative house price indices differ in details, they [...]
Posted in Features, Statistics | Tagged fundamentals, Goldman-Sachs, predictions
By The Tim on August 27, 2012
Last summer we ran a poll that asked the question “When will interest rates first rise back above 6%?” Here are the results of that poll: With the rate for a 30-year fixed currently averaging 3.69%, it’s rather startling that 36% of you believed that interest rates would rise above six percent before the end [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged interest, Interest Rates, predictions
By The Tim on May 13, 2012
This poll was active 05.13.2012 through 05.19.2012
Posted in Polls | Tagged Polls, predictions
By The Tim on February 22, 2012
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. It’s been quite a while since we checked in on the various bottom-calling methods I introduced way back in February 2009, so let’s take a look. First off, here’s the official forecast I made in my wrap-up post: So my personal bottom call for the Seattle real [...]
Posted in Features, Statistics | Tagged affordability, bottom-calling, California, Case-Shiller, inventory, predictions, Radar Logic
