Let’s check in again on our regular monthly neighborhood update to 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. Yet again, the sweet interactive data visualizations in today’s post come to you…
Category: Statistics
Statistics, number-based analysis, etc.
Puget Sound Counties Interactive July Update
It’s time for our regularly-scheduled check on NWMLS statistics from around the sound. Once again, courtesy Tableau Software, the Around the Sound update is rocking exclusive interactive data visualizations. Feel free to download the old charts in Excel 2007 and Excel 2003 format. To get specific info about a certain point on any graph in…
Geographic Sales Shifts: Seattle Still Pulling More Sales
Let’s check in on an update of how the sales volume is breaking down among the different price tier regions around the county. For a more in-depth explanation of the process and reasoning behind this data, hit this post. As of July, this is where the median prices were for our regions: low end (South…
Improvement in Seattle Home Prices vs. Economic Fundamentals
Here’s an update to the area-wide price-to-income and price-to-rent ratio charts we first posted back in April. These charts are based on per capita income, “Median Contract Rent” (from 2005 adjusted using the “rent of primary residence” component of the CPI), and Case-Shiller home prices indexed to the county-wide median. They are not intended to…
Legislation-Induced Foreclosure Spike Begins to Wane
Time for our June update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: July 2009 King: 1,248 NTS, up 71% YOY Snohomish: 620 NTS, up 75% YOY Pierce: 803 NTS, up 48% YOY The effect of the new state law that was passed in April (Senate…