Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to August data, Seattle-area home prices were: Down 0.1% July to August. Up 3.4% YOY. Down 26.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.3% from July to August and year-over-year prices were down 6.1%. Almost every city…
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.
MLS-Powered Search Sites Hold Major Advantage Over Zillow & Trulia
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Earlier this month, Redfin released the results of an in-depth study of real estate listing accuracy across various websites, including Redfin, Windermere, Zillow, and Trulia. The results will not surprise anyone who has attempted to do any serious home searching on these sites, but I still wanted…
Monday Open Thread (2012-10-29)
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 Monday October 29th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a…
Poll: For President, I am voting…
This poll was active 10.28.2012 through 11.03.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-10-26
RT @jontalton: The #Seattle real-estate boom is heard nationally: http://t.co/tZFjZK6m My column @SeattleTimes #CityReads -> Nice, our Lonely Pianos post was highlighted on @Curbed today http://t.co/ppv7Hkom (& @CurbedSeattle on Friday http://t.co/KuTvhw0x) -> RT @seattletimes Michael Mastro & wife Linda arrested in France, face bankruptcy fraud charges after 16mo on the lam: http://t.co/biet4ecO -> US intends…