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’s Home Price Double-Dip Begins
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to August data, Down 0.8% July to August. Down 2.4% YOY. Down 24.1% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 0.1% from June to July and year-over-year prices were down 14.7%. Since August’s data is a 3-month average…
Foreclosures Still Elevated, Show No Sign of Slowing
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at September’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: September 2010 King: 1,297 NTS, up 63% YOY Snohomish: 624 NTS, up 48% YOY Pierce: 727 NTS, up 52% YOY Here’s…
Bottom-Calling Checkup: False Bottom Psych-Out
I received a reader request via email a few days ago for an update on the Radar Logic dollars per square foot home price bottom chart from our February 2009 bottom-calling series. In our last checkup back in March, prices were still falling, and had almost reached the “bottom” from the February 2009 forecast of…
September Housing Stats Around the Sound
By request, here’s a return of the county-wide stats from around the sound, as of September As usual, courtesy Tableau Software (available free to use online), the Around the Sound update is rocking sweet interactive data visualizations. Feel free to download the old charts in Excel 2007 and Excel 2003 format. To get specific info…