With October behind us, let’s 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 stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in the…
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Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier Hits Break-Even
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…
Case-Shiller: Seattle Home Prices Up 3% From 2011
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: Down 0.1% July to August. Up 3.4% YOY. Down 26.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.3% from July to August and year-over-year prices were down 6.1%. Almost every city…
Checking Up on Goldman’s Bearish 2010 Two-Year Forecast
Readers may recall the following prediction from Goldman Sachs in June 2010: Goldman: Seattle Home Prices to Fall 22% More by 2012 Following their earlier collapse, house prices appear caught in a cross current. On the one hand, there are indications that prices may have bottomed. While alternative house price indices differ in details, they…
Sales in Pricey Eastside Neighborhoods Strengthening
Let’s take an updated look at how King County’s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county, since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price. In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three regions, based on the NWMLS-defined “areas”: low end: South County (areas 100-130 &…