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.

Poll: What type of roof do you want on your house?

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This poll was active 09.21.2014 through 09.27.2014

Real Estate Job Growth Slows to Near-Zero

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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…

Sales Growth in 2014 Has Been the Weakest Since 2009

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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

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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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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 week of September 15th, 2014. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea…