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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.
Are Listings Getting Less Scarce?
A reader emailed me to ask if I have “seen a bump in inventory” in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, I haven’t. Here’s a look at new listings by week since the beginning of the year, with last year plotted for comparison: The number of new listings each week did bump up a bit between…
Weekend Open Thread (2012-06-01)
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 1st, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…
Reader Question: Where are the modest homes?
A reader who wrote in earlier this month contacted me with a There are SO FEW homes that are 1,500-1,700 square feet (about the square footage I think my family could live in comfortably) that are not split entries (my husband and I find them inefficiently laid out and not very amenable to changes to…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier Drags Seattle Index Down
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…