It’s been quite a long time since we updated any of our charts with data from outside King and Snohomish counties. Let’s revisit the “Around the Sound” statistics. Since it’s been so long, I’m starting over from scratch with the format of this post. If there is certain data you would like to see or…
Local Development Roundup: Take One
Today I’m kicking off a new monthly series called “Local Development Roundup” in which I’ll collect some stories from other local sources about notable development going on in the Seattle area. The content in this first post comes courtesy of West Seattle Blog, Capitol Hill Seattle, and the Seattle Times. West Seattle Blog: West Seattle…
Median Home Prices Inch Above “Affordable Home” Price
As promised in last week’s affordability post, here’s an updated look at the “affordable home” price chart. In this graph I flip the variables in the affordability index calculation around to other sides of the equation to calculate what price home the a family earning the median household income could afford to buy at today’s…
FHA: Foreclosure One Year Ago? No Problem!
I received tips from two different people in the last few days about a recent change in FHA underwriting standards announced in a letter titled “Back to Work – Extenuating Circumstances” Quoting from the letter: As a result of the recent recession many borrowers who experienced unemployment or other severe reductions in income, were unable…
Poll: Small & perfect or big & needs work?
This poll was active 08.18.2013 through 08.24.2013