Here’s another installment of “quick look,” a series of posts in which I present a fresh set of charts for some recent data with minimal commentary. Today’s theme is King County SFH October stats in bar charts compared to each October since 2000. Note that the definition of “Active Listings” was revised in July 2008…
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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.
Another Look at Pending and Closed Sales for 2009
On Friday I posted this graph of 2009’s pending and closed sales to demonstrate just how out of whack the two have become: In the comments, a reader claimed that I was “reading this graph wrongly,” and that plotting the data in this manner “will always see a giant gap.” Since there is typically a…
Monday Open Thread (2009-11-09)
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2009-11-07
Seattle has its very own foreclosure tour. http://is.gd/4JmKk # The only people who believe NAR's "pending sales" measure has any relation to reality are the willfully ignorant. http://is.gd/4LeQO # Seattle City Council unanimously approves "backyard cottages" http://is.gd/4LDaT # Wow, weird. RT @mattgoyer: New blog post: Moda Repossessed? http://bit.ly/24T0rB # Apparently Seattle Bubble placed 16th out…