Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. With the latest monthly stats release from Redfin going live a couple days ago, I thought I would spend a little more time with the data (in addition to all the on-the-clock time I spent this week getting it prepared for release). In order to make the…
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Statistics, number-based analysis, etc.
Foreclosures Spike Back Up in June, Nearly Matching Highs
Let’s 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 2009 King: 1,378 NTS, down 14.7% YOY Snohomish: 746 NTS, down 8.7% YOY Pierce: 811 NTS, down 22.8% YOY Here’s your interactive Tableau dashboard…
Bank Foreclosure Losses exceed 20% in Snohomish Co.
I recently finished an analysis of public records in Snohomish County in which I pulled up every single Trustee Deed (i.e. – bank foreclosure) issued by a particular bank over roughly the past year (June ’09 – May ’10). The bank in question is one of the top twenty largest banks in the country (ranked…
Housing Oversupply Increased Yet Again 2009-2010
It’s been exactly a year since we last took a look at the local housing oversupply, and since the Washington State Office of Financial Management released their 2010 population and housing supply estimates a few weeks ago, I think it’s high time we took another look. Here’s an updated chart of housing supply (total housing…
Why are property tax assessments often so inaccurate?
As a follow-up on last week’s post about how falling home values can still lead to an increasing property tax bill, I thought I would go a little more detail on how the county assessor comes up with that magical home value number on which they base your tax bill. Here’s how the King County…