J.D. Roth over at Get Rich Slowly put up a post Wednesday about renting vs. buying, sort of a follow-up to my 2007 post over there. In it, he said that he couldn’t find any info on current price-to-rent ratios around the country, so I thought I would update the list I put up back…
Category: Statistics
Statistics, number-based analysis, etc.
Case-Shiller Tiers: All Three Tiers Turn Negative
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 Hit New Low in Nov.
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to November data, Down 0.5% October to November. Up 0.3% October to November (seasonally adjusted) Down 10.6% YOY. Down 22.7% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 2.5% from October to November (not seasonally adjusted) and year-over-year prices…
December Seasonally-Adjusted Active Supply by Neighborhood
Let’s check in on our December monthly neighborhood update to the neighborhood breakdown of Seasonally-Adjusted Active Supply (SAAS). For an explanation of what seasonally-adjusted active supply is, please refer to this post. Also, you may view a map of the areas discussed in this post. As usual, courtesy Tableau Software (available free to use online…
Google Search Trends Suggest Real Estate Not Yet at Bottom
A couple of readers alerted me to an interesting feature that has been added sometime recently to Google’s financial tools, the Google Real Estate Index. Obviously like most of the statistics provided by Google, this index tracks searches. Here is their description: The Google Real Estate Index tracks queries related to “real estate, mortgage, rent,…