Here’s the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers: Pending Sales Up 4.1 Percent From Year Ago, Total Inventory Unchanged Home sales around Western Washington during September rose 4.1 percent from a year ago, reversing a 19-month pattern of declines. Members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service reported 5,982 pending sales (offers made and accepted, but…
Month: October 2008
NWMLS: Inventory Level, Sales UP, Prices Down
Time for September market statistics from the NWMLS. The NWMLS press release will be posted at this link when it goes up. Here is your summary along with the usual graphs and other updates. Here’s your King County SFH summary: September 2008 Active Listings: up 5% YOY Pending Sales: up 15% YOY Median Closed Price*:…
WaMu Exec Warned Board of Pending Collapse Years Ago
Interesting story from NPR: Washington Mutual Executive Predicted Collapse For casual observers, bank collapses like this one [WaMu] may seem to have appeared out of the blue. But for executives like William Longbrake, who worked at Washington Mutual for 26 years before September’s tumult, the collapse looked more like a slow unraveling. Longbrake served as…
Poll Update: Dow Drops Below 10,000
Anybody remember the June 8 poll: Sorry to say, but 58% of you were wrong: That took less than 4 months, for those of you keeping score at home. Also note the July 13 follow-up, in which only 30% guessed incorrectly. I just thought I’d point this out to those that are accusing this site…
Poll: How long before Congress is asked to pass another bailout?
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