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…
Category: Counties
County-wide statistics.
Case-Shiller: Seattle Home Prices Fall From 2009 Plateau
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to January data, Down 1.7% December to January. Down 0.6% December to January (seasonally adjusted). Down 6.0% YOY. Down 24.5% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 3.6% from December to January (not seasonally adjusted) and year-over-year prices…
Bottom-Calling Checkup: Still No Bottom Sighted
Speaking of the bottom, let’s have another checkup on how things are progressing with respect to our bottom-calling series from February, in which we explored six different methods of forecasting the bottom for Seattle-area home prices. Not a lot of news since our last checkup in December, when we had passed three of our six…
Puget Sound Counties Interactive February Update
Let’s take a look at February 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…
Where the Jobs Are (and Aren’t), February 2010
Since February employment numbers were just recently released here in Washington State, let’s check in again on the jobs situation around Seattle, courtesy of data from the Washington State Employment Security Department. The style of most of these charts are stolen from the excellent San Diego housing reporter Rich Toscano. First up, here’s a two-year…