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Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to July data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 0.6% June to July Up 7.1% YOY. Down 11.1% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 1.9% from June to July and year-over-year prices were up 12.5%. The July data…
Time once again to take a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four years. The “Finance / Real Estate” sector had been growing by as much as five percent…
I thought it would be interesting to visualize year-over-year sales increases and decreases by NWMLS neighborhood in King County using the one of the views I created for Case-Shiller data. In the chart below each NWMLS-defined neighborhood in King County is represented by a green square if sales increased that month compared to a year…
It’s a bit past time for our detailed look at August foreclosure stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: August 2014 King: 327 NTS, down 44% YOY Snohomish: 235 NTS, down 30% YOY Pierce: 336 NTS, down 28% YOY The number of trustee sale notices was down…
It’s time for us to check up on stats outside of the King/Snohomish core with our “Around the Sound” statistics for Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Island, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. If there is certain data you would like to see or ways you would like to see the data presented differently, drop a comment below and…