It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. The idea for this series…
Category: Features
Friday Flashback: Why Second-Guess Forbes & Moody’s?
Today’s flashback comes from September 2006, when Forbes tackled the question: How Low Will Real Estate Go? Get used to it—the seller’s market is closing up shop. The days of fat, fast home value increases are gone. Pack away those flipping fantasies. “The boom is definitely over, there’s no debate about that,” said Mark Zandi,…
Low Rates Make WA Real Estate Appear Undervalued
I was going through some older posts recently, looking for some ideas of data sets to update, when I came across this November 2007 post written by Deejayoh: Washington Real Estate: 40% overvalued? Here’s a brief excerpt from his post: I ran across this very interesting analysis of the California real estate market by Goldman…
King County Affordability at Levels Not Seen Since 1998
After spending a couple days looking at incomes and home prices, let’s throw interest rates into the mix as well with an updated look at affordability. As a brief refresher, here’s the formula for calculating the affordability index: While we discuss the broad county-wide affordability trends, don’t forget that you can also play around with…
Readers: Help Create a Seattle Repeat Sale Index
I’m working on an upcoming post where I’ll be analyzing repeat sales in different neighborhoods and cities around the Seattle area, and I could use your help. I’m looking data on any homes in the Seattle area that have sold in the last month or so (since March 1st) that also sold sometime prior to…