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Let’s check out the three price tiers for the Seattle area, as measured by Case-Shiller. Remember, Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Note that the tiers are determined by sale volume. In other words, 1/3 of all sales fall into each tier. For more details…
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to February data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 1.9% February to March Up 11.6% YOY. Down 15.7% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 3.0% from February to March and year-over-year prices were up 10.6%. Since this year’s…
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You may have seen some stories earlier this month about Flipt, yet another new real estate site based here in the Seattle area. Here’s an excerpt from GeekWire’s May 1 story about the launch of Flipt: A new Seattle startup wants to fill what it believes is a gap left by real estate sites like…