Time once again to take a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four years. The “Finance / Real Estate” sector had been growing by as much as five percent…
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Sales Growth in 2014 Has Been the Weakest Since 2009
I thought it would be interesting to visualize year-over-year sales increases and decreases by NWMLS neighborhood in King County using the one of the views I created for Case-Shiller data. In the chart below each NWMLS-defined neighborhood in King County is represented by a green square if sales increased that month compared to a year…
Foreclosures Edge Closer to Normal Levels
It’s a bit past time for our detailed look at August foreclosure stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: August 2014 King: 327 NTS, down 44% YOY Snohomish: 235 NTS, down 30% YOY Pierce: 336 NTS, down 28% YOY The number of trustee sale notices was down…
Weekly Open Thread (2014-09-15)
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Poll: What kind of cellphone do you have?
This poll was active 09.14.2014 through 09.20.2014