RT @NickTimiraos: Builder confidence index at 29, a five year high. Still low, historically speaking. #wsj # Nice catch by a reader: Longtime SB friend Ira Sacharoff was once a streetcar conductor. Awesome! http://t.co/1qaiNRu5 # Interesting thread on Reddit – tight RE inventory everywhere right now: http://t.co/jBsxkOeB # RT @urbnlivn: New Urbnlivn post: Guest Post:…
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.
The Missing Real Estate Book
At various points in the last few years it has been suggested to me that I should write a book. A book about real estate in general or the housing bubble specifically, from my unique perspective as an engineer turned real estate analyst. As one of my coworkers recently put it: “Kendra Todd wrote a…
Weekend Open Thread (2012-06-22)
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 June 22nd, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…
The Seattle-Area’s Most Expensive Zip Code Is…
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Mode Price Holds Steady as Average and Median Rise
It’s been a few months since we took a look at the average, median, and mode prices all together, so let’s update that chart. Here are the definitions of mode and standard deviation, for those who aren’t stats nerds. Note that for the “mode” in this chart, I have rounded every sale price to the…