Let’s check out the three price tiers for the Seattle area, as measured by Case-Shiller. Remember, Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Note that the tiers are determined by sale volume. In other words, 1/3 of all sales fall into each tier. For more details…
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County-wide statistics.
Case-Shiller: Seattle Home Prices Still Falling
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to October data, Seattle-area home prices were: Down 1.0% September to October. Down 6.2% YOY. Down 30.2% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 1.3% from September to October and year-over-year prices were down 4.1%. No big surprise…
Fishy NWMLS Sales “Increase” in November
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. I noticed something a little fishy in last month’s sales numbers from the NWMLS. See if you can spot it in the closed sales chart: Notice how the number of closed sales ticked up between October and November this year, when every other year there was a…
NWMLS: Median Price Still Down Double Digits from 2010
November market stats were published by the NWMLS this afternoon. Here’s their press release: Home sales outpace number of new listings for first time in five years Last month’s total number of mutually accepted offers was 22.4 percent higher than the same month a year ago. It also marked the first month since December 2006…
November Stats Preview: Foreclosure Uptick Edition
Welcome to November! New month, new stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in the comments and I’ll see…