Let’s make our regularly scheduled monthly check on the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to February data, Down 1.5% January to February. Down 15.4% YOY. Down 20.9% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.97% from January to February and year-over-year prices were down 2.70%. Here’s the usual graph, with L.A. & San…
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Seasonally Adjusted Active Supply: A New Measure of Market Virility
With the increasing disparity between pending and closed sales, using “Months of Supply” as it is traditionally calculated to provide a measure of market “strength” is becoming more and more misleading. In order to address this issue, I have devised a new measure of market vitality: Seasonally Adjusted Active Supply (SAAS). To determine the SAAS,…
March Neighborhoods Months of Supply Update
[Note: Stay tuned to this space next month, when we’ll be introducing another round of sweet Tableau charts.] Here’s your look at March’s “Months of Supply” for the 30 NWMLS areas in King County. For an explanation of what months of supply means, please refer to the original neighborhood MOS breakdown post. Also, view a…
Puget Sound Counties Interactive March Update
It’s time for our regularly-scheduled check on NWMLS statistics from around the sound. But wait, there’s more! In place of our usual boring static charts, this month we are proud to introduce interactive data visualizations from Tableau Software. As usual, all of the underlying data and the old charts can be downloaded in Excel 2007…
Foreclosures Yet Again Shot to New Record Highs in March
Time for our March update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: March 2009 King: 1,089 NTS, up 129% YOY Snohomish: 499 NTS, up 125% YOY Pierce: 705 NTS, up 51% YOY Here’s a simple look at how March’s foreclosures compare to the same month…