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County-wide statistics.
It’s been a few months since we last had a look at my favorite alternative Case-Shiller charts. First up, let’s have a look at the chart that depicts the count of cities showing second derivative (month-over-month changes in the year-over-year changes) gains or losses. For the last three months of data, every single city has…
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…
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to August data, Seattle-area home prices were: 0.0% Change July to August Up 6.6% YOY. Down 11.1% from the July 2007 peak Last year at this time prices were still rising. They increased 0.5% from July to August and year-over-year…
It’s time for us to check up on stats outside of the King/Snohomish core with our “Around the Sound” statistics for Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Island, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. If there is certain data you would like to see or ways you would like to see the data presented differently, drop a comment below and…
It’s a bit past time for our detailed look at August foreclosure stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: September 2014 King: 317 NTS, down 44% YOY Snohomish: 182 NTS, down 41% YOY Pierce: 301 NTS, down 29% YOY As usual, the number of trustee sale notices…