It’s been way too long (over a year) since I posted the histogram of monthly sales. Let’s take another look. To generate the chart below, I took all the sales data for single-family homes sold in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties from the beginning of 2010 through the end of June. Since my data download…
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Foreclosures Keep Creeping Back Up
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at June’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: June 2012 King: 645 NTS, down 30.2% YOY Snohomish: 388 NTS, down 16.2% YOY Pierce: 407 NTS, down 25.3% YOY Still…
Sales in Cheap Regions Plummeted in the Second Quarter
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 &…
Non-Distressed Median Price Up 2.4% From 2011
In the comments on last week’s NWMLS stats post some readers asked what the median price would look like if you removed the distressed sales from the mix. Here’s the answer: As of June, the non-distressed median price for King County single family home sales sits at $430,000, up 2.4% from a year earlier. The…
NWMLS: Never Mind the Mix, Home Prices are Soaring!
June market stats were released by the NWMLS this afternoon. First up, here’s a snippet from their press release: Sales volume, home prices around Washington state rising amid inventory shortages in many areas. June may have been cooler and wetter than normal, but weather did not seem to deter home buyers and sellers around western…