According to the latest data, it looks like the state economy is slowly catching up to the unwinding national economy. More than 3,000 jobs were lost in Washington last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 4.9 percent, up from a near record low of 4.5 percent in February, the Employment Security Department said Tuesday. The…
Month: April 2008
Local Foreclosures Still on the Rise
Hmm, odd. The pace of foreclosures in the Seattle area seems to still be increasing. The nationwide foreclosure surge continued in March, with the Seattle area following along at a lesser rate, according to a new report Monday. The number of properties with foreclosure filings nationwide rose 57 percent in March from a year earlier…
March Neighborhood Months of Supply Update
Here’s the latest update on months of supply, or “absorption rates” for the 30 NWMLS areas in King County. For an explanation of what months of supply means, please refer to the original neighborhood MOS breakdown post. Remember our metric: less than 6 MOS is a sellers market and above 6 is a buyer’s market,…
Poll: Where will King County SFH inventory peak in 2008?
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Seattle Gets Another New Real Estate Blog
Apparently Elizabeth Rhodes’ Home Forum Extra blog wasn’t capable of single-handedly satiating the real-estate-hungry readership of the Seattle Times. So, they’re introducing a new real estate blog by Real Estate Editor Cindy Zetts. Lots of people are avidly interested in real estate — buyers and sellers, owners and wannabes, investors and market voyeurs. But it’s…