Sorry about posting this a little later in the month than usual. There were just so many other fun things to write about this month. Let’s take a look at June NWMLS statistics from around the sound. As usual, courtesy Tableau Software (available free to use online), the Around the Sound update is rocking sweet…
Category: Counties
County-wide statistics.
Foreclosures Spike Back Up in June, Nearly Matching Highs
Let’s expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at June’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: June 2009 King: 1,378 NTS, down 14.7% YOY Snohomish: 746 NTS, down 8.7% YOY Pierce: 811 NTS, down 22.8% YOY Here’s your interactive Tableau dashboard…
Housing Oversupply Increased Yet Again 2009-2010
It’s been exactly a year since we last took a look at the local housing oversupply, and since the Washington State Office of Financial Management released their 2010 population and housing supply estimates a few weeks ago, I think it’s high time we took another look. Here’s an updated chart of housing supply (total housing…
Why are property tax assessments often so inaccurate?
As a follow-up on last week’s post about how falling home values can still lead to an increasing property tax bill, I thought I would go a little more detail on how the county assessor comes up with that magical home value number on which they base your tax bill. Here’s how the King County…
NWMLS: Inventory Exceeds 2009 High as Buyers Disappear
June market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s a link to the NWMLS press release (not yet live as of this posting). Here’s a look at pending and closed sales over the last year and a half: You’ll notice that there’s about a two month delay between when pending sales make a big…