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 15, 2010
In our conversation last week about median prices, David Losh brought up an interesting question:
It would be interesting to see what the median price buys you this year compared to last year, or the year before.
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Posted in Neighborhoods, Statistics | Tagged anecdote, median, Neighborhoods, NWMLS, Statistics
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
By The Tim on February 24, 2010
Let’s check out the three price tiers for the Seattle area, as measured by Case-Shiller. Remember, Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties.
Note that the tiers are determined by sale volume. In other words, 1/3 of all sales fall into each tier. For [...]
Posted in Counties, Statistics | Tagged Case-Shiller, Statistics, tiers
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