It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at August’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: September 2012 King: 844 NTS, up 69.1% YOY Snohomish: 474 NTS, up 83.0% YOY Pierce: 658 NTS, up 107.6% YOY Although…
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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.
Mid-Week Open Thread (2012-10-10)
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Bank-Owned Sales Edged Up in September
The share of single-family home sales in King County that were bank-owned edged up slightly in September, increasing to 7.5% of sales. It’s a good bet that due to seasonality this number will continue to rise through the end of the year and into the first couple months of 2013. I doubt we’ll get back…
Reader Question: “Do You Recommend Doing Flips?”
I recently received the following question from a reader: Do you recommend doing flips in the Seattle metropolitan area? I did a flip in the San Francisco Bay Area (where I’m from) and made $59K profit. I’m thinking Seattle may also be a good market as well given Boeing and Microsoft as main employers attracting…
Monday Open Thread (2012-10-08)
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