Top 10 Most Expensive King County Home Sales of 2012 – http://t.co/JPtZXBvJ via @urbnlivn -> "Court allows high-rise condos at Point Wells" Now, whether anyone would BUY luxury condos there… http://t.co/fyaiWuvk via @EverettHerald -> "Rockefeller Group plans to build offices in downtown Bellevue" (three office towers, 2.4M sqft) http://t.co/R9ql6oBs via @SeattleTimes -> What will they…
$75K Home Was Mortgaged for Nearly Half a Million in 2007
I like to keep tabs on what’s going on in my neighborhood, and when a little house a block away was listed for rent on Craigslist (screenshot) this week, I remembered seeing it as a foreclosure on the market for sale last year. I got a little curious to know some more about this home’s…
Near-Record Affordability Still Driven by Low Rates
It has been a while since we had a look at the local affordability index, and now that we’ve got all of the data for 2012, it seemed like a good time to take another look. As a reminder, the affordability index is based on three factors: median single-family home price as reported by the…
Consumer Confidence: Expectations Dipped in December
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 December: Powered by Tableau At 62.8, the Present Situation Index has gained 211% from its December 2009 low point,…
Reporting Roundup: Unique Greedy Frenzy Edition
It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). To kick things off, here’s an excerpt from the NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS…