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County-wide statistics.
New local job stats came out this week, so let’s have a look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Construction growth fell off, dropping from an 8.2% year-over-year gain in January to just 5.4% in February, and the over ten percent gains we…
Let’s have another look at our monthly sales histogram. After sharpening in January, the sales curve flattened out again in February, with home sales between $200,000 and $300,000 taking a hit while home sales between $400,000 and $500,000 bumped up. The mode (i.e. the bucket with the most sales) for non-distressed sales moved from the…
We missed posting this on time at the beginning of the month, but by request, we’re going to have a look at our 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…
We skipped the usual preview of foreclosure activity this month, but now it’s time for the detailed look at February’s stats on foreclosures in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: February 2013 King: 839 NTS, up 85% YOY Snohomish: 461 NTS, up 87% YOY Pierce: 574 NTS, up…
Well it’s late, but as promised yesterday, it’s time to check up on median home sale prices broken down by distress status: Non-distressed, bank-owned, and short sales. As of February, the non-distressed median price for King County single family home sales sits at $427,850, up 10.9% from a year earlier and up 7.0% from January….