Reader Serafina asked a good question on yesterday’s post: There’s been a lot of discussion on the blog about the buyer’s side — how it might be good to wait until fall, how there are bidding wars, etc. What about the sellers? We are getting ready to sell. Why? We bought in ’99; we’ve got…
Month: May 2012
Mid-Week Open Thread (2012-05-09)
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Quick Look at April Supply & Demand
Here are a few charts of the latest NWMLS stats that I included in my presentation last week at Crista that I thought would also be worth sharing here. In the following charts each bar represents the number of King County single family homes sold or listed in April of each year since 2000. Record…
Local Incomes Could Afford 22% More Expensive Homes
Let’s take an updated look at home affordability in King County. First up, the affordability index. The affordability index is based on three factors: median single-family home price as reported by the NWMLS, 30-year monthly mortgage rates as reported by the Federal Reserve, and estimated median household income as reported by the Washington State Office…
Monday Open Thread (2012-05-07)
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