It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at July’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: July 2011 King: 731 NTS, down 48% YOY Snohomish: 407 NTS, down 41% YOY Pierce: 423 NTS, down 52% YOY Foreclosure…
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County-wide statistics.
Are Even More Pending Sales Falling Apart?
There was a national story that circulated late last month that caught my interest, claiming that “Exceptionally large numbers of signed real estate contracts fell apart last month.” Here’s a brief excerpt: Economic uncertainty leads to canceled home contracts Are homebuyers walking away in droves from the contracts they’ve signed? Or are they essentially fouling…
NWMLS: Weak Showing for July Closed Sales
July market stats were just published by the NWMLS. They haven’t posted their press release online yet, but when they do it will be here. By tomorrow their press release will be live, so we’ll save it for the reporting roundup. For now let’s get to the stats. CAUTION NWMLS monthly reports include an undisclosed…
Seattle Sees Job Growth, But Not in Real Estate Sectors
It’s been a while since we had a look at local job growth data, and now is as good a time as any to take a look at the latest data. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Finance, real estate, and construction are all still shedding jobs, while overall…
July Stats Preview: Falling Foreclosures Edition
It’s time yet again to check in on our monthly stats preview for King and Snohomish counties. 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,…