Here is your open thread for the mid-week on November 23rd, 2011. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in…
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.
King Co. Average Price 30% Off Peak, Mode Down 40%
Feedback from yesterday’s data included some of you requesting that I produce a longer-range version of the plot of average, median, and mode. Your wish is my command. Here are those aggregations going back to the beginning of 2007, which is as far back as I have been able to pull detailed sales data: The…
Average and Mode Price Fell Months Before the Median
Here’s a data set that I pulled a while ago and apparently forgot to post. In the chart below, in addition to the median price metric that we usually focus on, I’ve plotted the average price as well as the mode (after bucketing prices into $50k ranges): What’s interesting to me about this chart is…
Monday Open Thread (2011-11-21)
Here is your open thread for Monday November 21st, 2011. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in the user-driven…
Poll: Have you ever had a real estate agent tell you (personally, not in an ad) that it is a “great time to buy”?
This poll was active 11.20.2011 through 11.26.2011.