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County-wide statistics.
With the books on April now closed, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop…
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 February data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 0.6% January to February Up 12.8% YOY. Down 17.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.3% from December to January and year-over-year prices were up 8.7%. Home prices in…
It’s time for our detailed look at March’s foreclosure stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: March 2013 King: 438 NTS, down 45% YOY Snohomish: 288 NTS, down 38% YOY Pierce: 204 NTS, down 66% YOY The number of trustee sale notices continued to drop dramatically from…
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…