This is your open thread for Monday, January 8, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
Month: January 2007
01.06.2007 – Weekend Open Thread
This is your open thread for the weekend of January 6-7, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
Inventory Up, Sales Down (Sound Familiar?)
December stats are available from the NWMLS. Here’s a summary of the “residential” figures: Active Listings: up 23% YOYPending Sales: down 9% YOYMedian Closed Price: $440,000, up 12% YOY. I’ll update this post later today with the usual graph and links to the updated spreadsheet and the NWMLS pdfs. Update: Sorry about the delay. Here’s…
What to Blame? Not Growth Management.
Here’s a guest editorial from today’s Seattle Times that says something I’ve been saying all along: The “home prices are high because we’re running out of land because of Growth Management” argument doesn’t hold water. The cost of housing is spiraling out of control in many parts of the Puget Sound region. King County is…
01.05.2007 – Friday Open Thread
This is your open thread for Friday, January 5, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.