Here’s an interesting comparison. As of December’s Case-Shiller data, prices in San Diego County have fallen nearly 20% from their November 2005 peak. As of last month, their median price for all homes sold (single-family and condos) was $415,000 (source: San Diego Union-Tribune). In the Seattle area, December’s Case-Shiller put prices off 4% from their…
Year: 2008
Saying there are no performance enhancing drugs in professional sports….
…is like saying there was no fraud that took place during the last few years in housing. No loan officers falsified loan documents There was no signature fraud No escrow/title agents producing phantom Settlement Statements No complicit real estate agents in the loop No complicit Notary Public signers No fraudulent appraisals No cash back post…
Washington Job Market Still Growing Slowly
Here’s the latest on the state economy. Everything’s coming up roses, it would seem. Washington continued to defy the multiple drags on the U.S. economy in February, as state payrolls added 3,500 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.5 percent. “We’re really different from the national economy at this point,” said Evelina Tainer,…
Puget Sound Counties February NWMLS Update
Here’s an update to the NWMLS statistics for all six Puget Sound counties. I don’t personally want to live in King County, and maybe you don’t either. So, here’s a little graphical look at what the market looks like around the sound. Here’s where each of the six counties stand as of February 2008: King…
$100,000+ Price Cuts in Suburbs Around Seattle
Aubrey Cohen is on a roll lately, doing a great job of reporting what’s really going on with the Seattle-area real estate market, instead of just painting the rosy picture that agents and builders would like to see printed. Here is Cohen’s latest, on the drastic price-cutting measures that builders just outside Seattle are taking…