P-I Real Estate writer Aubrey Cohen had a nice post on his blog yesterday that pointed me toward a recent report that is worth mentioning here as well. The report is titled House Prices in America and is published by Global Insight. According to their About page, they provide “comprehensive economic, financial, and political coverage…
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Case-Shiller Tiers: Low End Spikes Downward
Here’s our monthly look at Seattle’s price tiers from Case-Shiller. Remember that Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Now here come the graphs. First up is the straight graph of the index from January 2000 through March 2008. Click to enlarge At its peak, the…
Case-Shiller: Prices Still Falling (Even in Seattle)
The March Case-Shiller Home Price Index came in fairly close to, but slightly worse than the NWMLS statistics for the same month. Down 0.9% February to March. Down 4.4% YOY. According to Case-Shiller, home prices in Seattle have now declined a total of 7.3% from their July 2007 peak, and have retreated to just above…
Revisiting the Distressed Sellers Index
I have now been tracking the Distressed Sellers Index for a full year, and since I haven’t mentioned it on here since way back in October, I thought it now would be a good time for another update. Please keep in mind that I do not claim the DSI to be in any way scientific…
San Diego County Now Cheaper than King
I thought it would be fun to check back in with an update on the San Diego / King County home price comparison I made back in March. As of the latest Case-Shiller data (February) home prices San Diego have fallen 24% from their November 2006 peak. The Seattle area has dropped 6.5% from its…