It’s time for another update of our interactive chart of Consumer Confidence. You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to 1998. Here’s the data as of January: Powered by Tableau At 57.3, the Present Situation Index has gained 184% from its December 2009 low point,…
Poll: If I had to choose one, I’d rather have…
This poll was active 02.10.2013 through 02.16.2013
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2013-02-08
"Buying a home a better deal than usual, but still costs more" [than renting] http://t.co/W7esq5t6 via @AubreyCohen -> "Home prices up 19 percent, sort of" http://t.co/TXAjQ83Z via @AubreyCohen -> This inventory shortage is getting out of hand: raccoons make a home in a tower crane in Ballard http://t.co/QtvW8bfZ ->
Non-Distressed Median House Price Was Flat in January
As promised on yesterday, it’s time to check up on median home sale prices broken down by distress status: Non-distressed, bank-owned, and short sales. As of January, the non-distressed median price for King County single family home sales sits at $407,000, up 3.8% from a year earlier and virtually flat from December (down $1,000). This…
Distressed Sales Finally Saw a Winter Spike in January
Let’s take another look at what share of the monthly sales are being taken up by bank-owned and short sales. In January 2012 22.3% of the sale of single-family homes in King County were bank-owned. In January 2013 that number was just 9.3%. Although the number is much lower than it was a year ago,…