It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at August’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: September 2012 King: 844 NTS, up 69.1% YOY Snohomish: 474 NTS, up 83.0% YOY Pierce: 658 NTS, up 107.6% YOY Although…
Bank-Owned Sales Edged Up in September
The share of single-family home sales in King County that were bank-owned edged up slightly in September, increasing to 7.5% of sales. It’s a good bet that due to seasonality this number will continue to rise through the end of the year and into the first couple months of 2013. I doubt we’ll get back…
Reader Question: “Do You Recommend Doing Flips?”
I recently received the following question from a reader: Do you recommend doing flips in the Seattle metropolitan area? I did a flip in the San Francisco Bay Area (where I’m from) and made $59K profit. I’m thinking Seattle may also be a good market as well given Boeing and Microsoft as main employers attracting…
Poll: How do you commute to work?
This poll was active 10.07.2012 through 10.13.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-10-06
Tim is quoted in this article in today's @SeattleTimes "Rent or buy? Math has shifted, but answer remains: it depends" http://t.co/XEGYnoyc # "Seattle likely to require inspection of rental units" http://t.co/hfk5ppMf via @SeattleTimes # Interesting story with some history on a unique home for sale http://t.co/UY0bJrLn in Mukilteo: http://t.co/3SGoEtKS via @HeraldNetLocal # RT @geekwire: Zillow…