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Elliott Krivenko, a Research Specialist with the Downtown Seattle Association sent me this great interactive that he made showing detailed information about all the residential projects in downtown Seattle from 2005 through the present. Click on the image to jump to their website for the interactive (which won’t fit on the page here). One interesting…
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 September data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 0.3% August to September Up 13.2% YOY. Down 16.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 0.3% from August to September and year-over-year prices were up 4.8%. Nothing really noteworthy…
It’s been a while since our first “Local Development Roundup” in which I collect some stories from other local sources about notable development going on in the Seattle area. The content in this month’s post comes courtesy of West Seattle Blog and Capitol Hill Seattle. West Seattle Blog: Neighbors speak out about 36-unit, no-parking Junction…
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