May market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s a link to the NWMLS press release (not live quite yet): Home sales adjusting after surge before tax credits expired. Home sales during May tapered off around Washington state following a surge of activity in April as buyers hustled to meet deadlines for tax credits….
Category: Counties
County-wide statistics.
Heatmap of Average Prices for 2010 Home Sales
Yesterday, in response to the sales histogram I posted, a reader asked: Where the hell are all of these sub-350k houses? That’s just the sort of question that a zip code heat map might answer. So here you go. HeatMap Powered by Tableau Unfortunately Tableau does not have a median function, so average price will…
May Sales Shift Toward More Expensive Homes
Here’s another update to our monthly sales spread histogram for King County SFH sales. According to my preliminary analysis of May data, the median price of SFH homes sold in May will probably rise around another $10,000 to about $385,000. However, this isn’t because homes are suddenly gaining value, but rather because people just bought more expensive homes in May, as you can see when you compare May to April in the interactive chart below…
May Stats Preview: Edge of a Closed Sales Cliff Edition
Time for our monthly stats preview now that May is behind us. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County Records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in the comments and I’ll see…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Seattle Home Tiers Mixed in March
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…