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Author: The Tim

Tim Ellis is the founder of Seattle Bubble. His background in engineering and computer / internet technology, a fondness of data-based analysis of problems, and an addiction to spreadsheets all influence his perspective on the Seattle-area real estate market. Tim also hosts the weekly improv comedy sci-fi podcast Dispatches from the Multiverse.

Weekly Open Thread (2013-12-23)

Posted on December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 by The Tim

NOTE: If you are subscribed to Seattle Bubble’s RSS feed and are seeing these open threads in the feed, please switch to our official feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleBubble  Thanks! Here is your open thread for the week of December 23rd, 2013. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea…

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Poll: What is the best Christmas movie?

Posted on December 22, 2013December 29, 2013 by The Tim

This poll was active 12.22.2013 through 12.28.2013

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Unemployment & Labor Participation Flat in November

Posted on December 20, 2013December 20, 2013 by The Tim

Jobs data for November was released this week, so let’s take an updated look at the Seattle area’s unemployment rate and approximate labor participation rate alongside the national numbers. In November the Seattle area’s unemployment rate broke a four-month streak of increases, dipping just slightly from 5.7% in October to 5.6% last month. We are…

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Median Price Drops Back Below Affordable Home Price

Posted on December 19, 2013December 19, 2013 by The Tim

As promised in yesterday’s affordability post, here’s an updated look at the “affordable home” price chart. In this graph I flip the variables in the affordability index calculation around to other sides of the equation to calculate what price home the a family earning the median household income could afford to buy at today’s mortgage…

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Affordability Improved in October & November

Posted on December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 by The Tim

Let’s take a look at how affordability is doing in the Seattle area after the last couple months of changes in home prices and interest rates. So how does affordability look as of November? Slightly improved from July, August, and September. The index inched back up to 104.7 (i.e. the monthly payment on a median-priced…

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