This poll was active 02.10.2013 through 02.16.2013
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 Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2013-02-08
"Buying a home a better deal than usual, but still costs more" [than renting] http://t.co/W7esq5t6 via @AubreyCohen -> "Home prices up 19 percent, sort of" http://t.co/TXAjQ83Z via @AubreyCohen -> This inventory shortage is getting out of hand: raccoons make a home in a tower crane in Ballard http://t.co/QtvW8bfZ ->
Non-Distressed Median House Price Was Flat in January
As promised on yesterday, it’s time to check up on median home sale prices broken down by distress status: Non-distressed, bank-owned, and short sales. As of January, the non-distressed median price for King County single family home sales sits at $407,000, up 3.8% from a year earlier and virtually flat from December (down $1,000). This…
Weekend Open Thread (2013-02-08)
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 weekend beginning Friday February 8th, 2013. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…
Distressed Sales Finally Saw a Winter Spike in January
Let’s take another look at what share of the monthly sales are being taken up by bank-owned and short sales. In January 2012 22.3% of the sale of single-family homes in King County were bank-owned. In January 2013 that number was just 9.3%. Although the number is much lower than it was a year ago,…