Happy Case-Shiller day, everybody. Yes, it’s time once again for us to take a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to February data, Seattle home prices were: Down 1.9% January to February. Down 7.5% YOY. Down 30.9% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 1.1% from January…
Category: Counties
County-wide statistics.
More Red Tape Added as Foreclosures Continue to Heat Up
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: March 2011 King: 1,103 NTS, down 18% YOY Snohomish: 593 NTS, down 5% YOY Pierce: 616 NTS, down 24% YOY Falling…
March Stats Preview: Fool-Delayed Edition
Since the first of this month was a special occasion and last week was packed full of other more interesting topics, our regularly-scheduled monthly stats preview got put off a bit, but I still wanted to update our charts. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a…
Bank-Owned Homes Drive Increased Low-End Action
I thought it might be interesting to re-visit the sales histogram chart that I first published a few times last year. To generate the chart below, I took all the sales data for single-family homes sold in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties from the beginning of 2010 through the end of March. Since my data…
NWMLS: Sales Start to Tumble, Inventory Still Sucks
March market stats were published by the NWMLS yesterday. Here’s what they have to say about their numbers: Housing market doing "surprisingly well" without a stimulus. “The market is doing surprisingly well without a stimulus,” observed Northwest MLS director OB Jacobi, president of Windermere Real Estate Company. “Considering that this time last year there was…