Here’s a belated look at the quarterly total sales chart, updated to include Q2: Still came in lower than any previous quarter—about 15% lower than last year. So far this quarter is off to a stronger start, with July sales coming in 11% higher than last year. It will be interesting to see if that…
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NWMLS: Closed Sales Inch Higher but Remain Far Below Pendings
Let’s take a look at July market statistics from the NWMLS. The NWMLS press release has not been posted yet, but should be available here later today. Here’s your King County SFH summary, with helpful arrows to show whether the year-over-year direction of each indicator is positive or negative news for buyers and sellers: July…
July Housing Market Stats Preview
Here’s a new feature that I’ll make monthly if there’s demand for it. Although the NWMLS data is not released until later this week and we usually wait for the detailed foreclosure report until later in the month, certain basic data can be obtained via a simple search of King County Records. Using data pulled…
Bottom-Calling Checkup: No Bottom In Sight Yet
Back in February while the market’s deep freeze was leading some observers to anxiously declare that we had reached the bottom, here at Seattle Bubble we sliced and diced the market in Bottom-Calling Week. In the series we explored six different analytical methods for predicting when real estate around Seattle would hit “the bottom.” Six…
June Seasonally-Adjusted Active Supply by Neighborhood
Let’s check in (somewhat late) on our now-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…