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Case-Shiller: Flat is the New Up

Posted on May 25, 2010May 25, 2010 by The Tim

Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to March data, Up 0.1% February to March. Down 3.6% YOY. Down 25.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 2.0% from February to March and year-over-year prices were down 16.4%. Quick check: Is Bloomberg still running nonsense…

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Charting How Much Home the Median Income can Afford

Posted on May 21, 2010 by The Tim

A few days ago on my sarcastic interest rates post, Dave0 asked: I wonder what the chart would look like if you graphed out, from 2000 to present, the price someone could afford to buy with the given interest rate at the time (from the graph above), with payments equal to 28% of the median…

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Puget Sound Counties Interactive April Update

Posted on May 14, 2010May 13, 2010 by The Tim

Let’s take a look at April NWMLS statistics from around the sound. 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 about a certain point…

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Foreclosures Remain Highly Elevated in April

Posted on May 13, 2010 by The Tim

Time to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at April’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: April 2009 King: 1,293 NTS, up 37.8% YOY Snohomish: 640 NTS, up 32.5% YOY Pierce: 737 NTS, up 13.0% YOY Here’s your interactive Tableau…

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NWMLS: Tax Credit Goes Out With a Fizzle

Posted on May 5, 2010 by The Tim

April market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s a link to the NWMLS press release (not live quite yet): Brokers cite tax credit and rising consumer confidence with stabilizing housing activity around Washington state. “While the tax credit has gone away, the buyers haven’t,” observed OB Jacobi, a board member of the Northwest…

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