Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to February data, Down 1.1% January to February. Down 5.6% YOY. Down 25.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 1.5% from January to February and year-over-year prices were down 15.4%. Hilariously, Bloomberg continues to run a headline…
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Historic Growth Rates of King County Home Prices
A reader emailed last week, requesting some information on the historic rate of price growth for King County home prices, in order to make a more educated guess when making buy-vs-rent calculations. To that end, I am providing the following charts and table. First up is the average growth rate for King County Single-Family homes…
Prices on the Market vs. Prices That Sell
In response to yesterday’s post with the breakdown of what’s selling around King County so far this year, someone asked if we could see some similar data for what’s currently on the market. Great idea.
Here’s an update to the interactive histogram, with everything over $1 million in the same bin. The default display is what is currently on the market. Click the drop-down below the chart to view January, February, or March sales.
A Closer Look at Sales Price Spreads
This may be getting a little too numbers-geeky for some of you, but I’ve had a few requests in the past for a histogram chart of sales prices. Unfortunately, since the NWMLS does not release the full breakdown of every individual sale, it has been difficult to obtain the necessary data to compile one on…
King County SFH Q1 Snapshot: New Listings Pick Up
Looks like I haven’t posted this set of charts in nearly a year. With the first quarter behind us, I thought it might be instructive to give it a little context. Here’s a look at quarterly closed sales of King County single-family homes from 2000 through 2010 Q1: Q1 2010 easily trounced Q1 2009, but…