Time for our monthly stats preview now that May is behind us. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County Records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in the comments and I’ll see…
Category: Statistics
Statistics, number-based analysis, etc.
Case-Shiller Tiers: Seattle Home Tiers Mixed in March
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: Flat is the New Up
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to March data, Up 0.1% February to March. Down 3.6% YOY. Down 25.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 2.0% from February to March and year-over-year prices were down 16.4%. Quick check: Is Bloomberg still running nonsense…
Charting How Much Home the Median Income can Afford
A few days ago on my sarcastic interest rates post, Dave0 asked: I wonder what the chart would look like if you graphed out, from 2000 to present, the price someone could afford to buy with the given interest rate at the time (from the graph above), with payments equal to 28% of the median…
Still a “Buyer’s Market” in Many Neighborhoods
Time for another update on the various neighborhoods around King County. First up is a map of SAAS across King County: SAAS Dash Powered by Tableau Only three areas were strongly in “seller’s market” territory in April (SAAS <1.75), while twelve were still relatively strong “buyer’s markets” (SAAS >2.25). The remaining fifteen markets were more…