October market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s their press release: Housing Activity Remained Sluggish During October; Market Change Not Likely to be "Light Switch" Moment. Housing activity around Washington state remained lackluster during October, with brokers reporting year-over-year declines in pending sales. On a brighter note, prices on sales that closed last…
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October Stats Preview: The Long Slow Slide into Winter
Happy November, everybody! With October behind us, it’s time for another 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 and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier Hammered in August
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 more details…
Case-Shiller: Seattle’s Home Price Double-Dip Begins
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to August data, Down 0.8% July to August. Down 2.4% YOY. Down 24.1% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 0.1% from June to July and year-over-year prices were down 14.7%. Since August’s data is a 3-month average…
September Housing Stats Around the Sound
By request, here’s a return of the county-wide stats from around the sound, as of September 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…