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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2013-01-18
I missed this on Friday: Tacoma-area Westside Community Bank was closed by the FDIC: http://t.co/IjAgkO3f -> "Old Buildings May Be On Chopping Block In South Lake Union" http://t.co/ThbgDkh0 via @KUOW -> "Developer sues Kirkland for limiting size of his project" http://t.co/ppqtabJv via @SeattleTimes -> "Days of big rent increases for apartments may be over, especially…
Non-Distressed Median Up 6.5% in December
As promised on Wednesday, 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 December, the non-distressed median price for King County single family home sales sits at $409,475, up 6.5% from a year earlier. An increase of 6.5% year-over-year is pretty strong,…
Foreclosures Spike Up to Close 2012
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at December’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: December 2012 King: 1,031 NTS, up 198.8% YOY Snohomish: 609 NTS, up 278.3% YOY Pierce: 770 NTS, up 237.7% YOY All…
Bank-Owned Sales Skip Usual Winter Boost
Let’s take another look at what share of the monthly sales are being taken up by bank-owned and short sales. In December 2011 20.3% of the sale of single-family homes in King County were bank-owned. In December 2012 that number was just 6.0%. I keep thinking this number will go up as more traditional sellers…