Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday February 5th, 2010. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word…
Month: February 2010
NWMLS: Closed Sales Drop Back Below 1,000 in Jan.
January market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s the NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS members report 28 percent increase in pending sales from year ago. Still focusing on the useless pending sales number. Tsk. Here’s your King County SFH summary, with the arrows to show whether the year-over-year direction of each indicator is…
Escala Condos’ Shocking Price Strategy Timeline
April 2008: Raising Prices to Entice Buyers—wait, what? (Awesome plan, Escala!) Developer Lexas Cos. said this week that on June 5 it will raise the asking prices 3 to 7 percent for about 70 unsold units that have been on the market since last spring. Another 22 units that will be released for sale May…
Mid-Week Open Thread (2010-02-03)
Here is your open thread for the mid-week on February 3rd, 2010. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in…
January Stats Preview: Mixed Messages Edition
Now that the last month of 2009 is behind us, let’s have a look at January’s stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County Records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the “preview,” drop a line…