Time to take a look at the stats preview for June’s data. 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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King County Home Prices & Affordability 1950 – Q2 2012
A reader pointed out to me this week that it has been three years since I updated the long-term chart of King County home prices back to 1950. So, by request, here is an update to that chart as of May, along with the affordability index over the same time period. In the first quarter…
Local Housing Oversupply Finally Shrinks Slightly in 2012
It’s been two years since we last took a look at the local housing oversupply. This week the Washington State Office of Financial Management released their 2012 population and housing supply estimates, so let’s update those charts. Here’s an updated chart of housing supply (total housing units) and demand (total households) for the 3-county Puget…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier Finally Gets a Boost
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: Spring Accelerates for Seattle Home Prices
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to April data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 2.0% March to April. Down 1.0% YOY. Down 30.4% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 1.6% from March to April and year-over-year prices were down 6.9%. Inching ever closer…