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Let’s take a closer look at how listings fared in February of this year compared to years past. Here’s a view of how inventory has grown so far this year: Compared to last December, the growth of on-market inventory is at its best point in three years. Unfortunately that isn’t saying much. The anemic 1.3…
It’s time for our detailed look at January’s foreclosure stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: February 2013 King: 395 NTS, down 53% YOY Snohomish: 236 NTS, down 49% YOY Pierce: 297 NTS, down 48% YOY The number of trustee sale notices decreased significantly month-over-month 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…
February market stats were published by the NWMLS earlier today. I had an extremely busy day so I’m only just now getting to posting them. Here’s a snippet from their press release: Home Sales Shrink as Buyers Take a Timeout due to Inventory shortages, Seahawks Playoffs. Northwest Multiple Listing Service brokers reported 507 fewer pending…
With February now complete, 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 a line in…