A series of very similar headlines caught my attention today: Wall Street Journal: Home Sales Climb But Prices Decline CBS News: Home sales up, but housing prices continue to fall nationwide The Real Deal: U.S. existing home sales rise slightly, but prices fall Chicago Tribune: Local existing home sales up double-digits in October, but prices…
Month: November 2011
Mid-Week Open Thread (2011-11-23)
Here is your open thread for the mid-week on November 23rd, 2011. 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…
King Co. Average Price 30% Off Peak, Mode Down 40%
Feedback from yesterday’s data included some of you requesting that I produce a longer-range version of the plot of average, median, and mode. Your wish is my command. Here are those aggregations going back to the beginning of 2007, which is as far back as I have been able to pull detailed sales data: The…
Average and Mode Price Fell Months Before the Median
Here’s a data set that I pulled a while ago and apparently forgot to post. In the chart below, in addition to the median price metric that we usually focus on, I’ve plotted the average price as well as the mode (after bucketing prices into $50k ranges): What’s interesting to me about this chart is…
Monday Open Thread (2011-11-21)
Here is your open thread for Monday November 21st, 2011. 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 the user-driven…