We have touched on this subject in the past, but since it has been three years and it’s an important point that many home shoppers overlook, I wanted to highlight it again: rainy weather is the the best weather for home shopping in the Pacific Northwest (west of the Cascades anyway). There are many problems…
Bank-Owned Sales Now Almost Exclusively at the Low End
It’s been a few months since I posted the histogram of monthly sales. Let’s take another look as of October’s data. To generate the chart below, I took all the sales data for single-family homes sold in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties from the beginning of 2010 through the end of October. Since my data…
Seattle Area Unemployment Drops, More Jobs Added
Let’s take another look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Construction continues to post bigger gains than other sectors—up 8.9% year-over-year in October, versus an overall gain of 3.6%. Manufacturing has slipped somewhat in recent months, but is still the second-best-performing sector. Here’s…
Poll: Compared to last year, I’ll spend ____ this holiday season.
This poll was active 11.18.2012 through 11.24.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-11-16
RT @SeattleTimes: Is Seattle one of the most expensive cities in the U.S.? Not unless you need a trim: http://t.co/b6AOqBfZ -> Seriously misguided movement, IMO. RT @Andrea_Smolin: Occupy Our Homes Movement Battles Foreclosures | Zillow Blog http://t.co/PGWdD9dV -> RT @ObsoleteDogma: Few households go from foreclosure back to homeownership even after a decade http://t.co/xAGDs5ZA -> "McGinn-Vulcan…