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Let’s update our monthly stats for the local regions outside of the King/Snohomish core. Here’s your May update to our “Around the Sound” statistics for Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Island, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. Are things any better in the market right now for buyers outside of the core Seattle areas? Unfortunately, not really. It’s still…
It’s been a few months since we updated our look at how King County’s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county. This data is interesting to keep tabs on since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price. In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three…
May market stats were published by the NWMLS yesterday. Before we get into our monthly stats, here’s a quick look at their press release. Northwest MLS brokers say home buyers are sprinting, but sellers are stalling Home buyers are in “full sprint” mode while sellers are stalling, according to brokers from Northwest Multiple Listing Service….
With May 2015 now in the rear view mirror, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. First up, here’s the snapshot of all the data as far back as my historical information goes, with the latest, high, and low values highlighted for each series: Inventory went up again month-over-month in both King and…
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…