November market stats were published by the NWMLS this afternoon. Here’s their press release: Home sales outpace number of new listings for first time in five years Last month’s total number of mutually accepted offers was 22.4 percent higher than the same month a year ago. It also marked the first month since December 2006…
Category: Statistics
Statistics, number-based analysis, etc.
November Stats Preview: Foreclosure Uptick Edition
Welcome to November! New month, new 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 comments and I’ll see…
Case-Shiller: Six to Sixteen Years of Lost Appreciation
Okay one last Case-Shiller post this week: The national “rewind” map, and the month-to-month city count visualization. First up, the map. As a refresher, in the map below I’ve put the Case-Shiller home price index data from all twenty cities on a map. The size of each circle represents how far back prices have rewound…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Middle Tier Took a Big Hit in September
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 Fall into Fall
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to September data, Seattle-area home prices were: Down 1.1% August to September. Down 6.5% YOY. Down 29.5% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.8% from July to August and year-over-year prices were down 2.4%. After increasing for…