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.

Cheapest Homes: July 2013 Edition

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Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. Here’s our methodology: I search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states of extreme disrepair based on listing photos and descriptions will be excluded. This…

Inventory Now On Track to Beat 2012 By August

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The relatively large gains we’ve seen in active listings over the last few months have reversed a nearly three-year trend of ever-shrinking inventory. I thought would be interesting to see how long it will take us to get back to a respectable level. Here’s what inventory will look like if the April to June trend…

June Stats Preview: Slowly Back to Normal Edition

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Now that the month of June is behind us, let’s have a look at our stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview,…

Weekly Open Thread (2013-07-01)

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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 July 1st, 2013. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea…