It’s been over two months since we kicked off Round 3 of our Guess the Price contest, so let’s have a little checkup. In the chart below I have plotted each of the thirty-two guesses by readers in this contest as a blue circle. The orange squares show where the home’s asking price has been…
Year: 2012
All Five Price Tiers Saw Double Digit Declines in December
Let’s take another look at the King County single-family sale price percentiles. Here’s how I break down the price percentiles for these posts. Each bucket is a cutoff where some percentage of homes sold below that price, while the remaining percentage sold above that price. Bottom: 10% below, 90% above. Low: 25% below, 75% above….
Mid-Week Open Thread (2012-01-18)
Here is your open thread for the mid-week on January 18th, 2012. 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…
Real Actual Listing Photos: Open House Edition
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. The idea for this series…
Real Estate Downfall
I’m taking the day off today in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Since there’s no substantive post for today, enjoy this classic video in which Hitler learns about the bursting of the real estate bubble instead. See you tomorrow with more content.