Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. As promised, I posted my all-cash buyer analysis to Redfin’s Seattle blog yesterday: 38% of Sales in King County Were Purchased With Cash in 2011 Here’s the chart from the post, with an added histogram based on your comments here earlier this week. Select which type of…
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County-wide statistics.
Jobs: The bleeding has finally stopped.
It’s been a few months since we last checked in on Seattle’s employment stats, so let’s update our employment charts again. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: For the first time since 2005, every sector we track is in the black year over year. The bleeding has finally stopped….
Sneak Peek: 1 in 3 King County Home Sales are All-Cash
I’ve been running some data for an upcoming post on Redfin’s Seattle blog, and came across a surprising statistic: So far in 2012, 36% of sales in King County have been all-cash. This is up from a mere 12% in 2006. Meanwhile, another 32% of homes have been purchased with a good solid 20% or…
Foreclosures Back on a (Very Slow) Upswing?
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at February’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: February 2012 King: 453 NTS, down 50.9% YOY Snohomish: 246 NTS, down 47.1% YOY Pierce: 285 NTS, down 47.2% YOY All…
Dude, Where’s My Inventory?
If a picture is worth a thousand words, I guess these three charts of King County single-family home stats make this about a three thousand word post. Seriously though… Where’s the inventory?