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This poll was active 05.05.2013 through 05.11.2013
RT @NickTimiraos: This chart puts the housing 'recovery' in context, ie., when a 23% price gain means you're still down by 44% http://t.co/… -> RT @NickTimiraos: The housing market: everyone wants to buy at the bottom, but few want to sell http://t.co/jTqRcWuoXY ->
With April 2013 in the history books, 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, drop a…
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: Down 0.2% January to February Up 9.3% YOY. Down 26.7% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.8% from January to February and year-over-year prices were down 2.9%. I was actually…