With August now behind us, let’s have a look at our stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in…
Poll: What’s the lowest 30-year fixed rates will go before hitting 6%?
This poll was active 09.02.2012 through 09.08.2012
August 2012 Seattle Bubble Recap
Welcome to the first monthly recap, a feature that I’ve seen used on other blogs to wrap up the month and highlight the major posts in a single place. I think this will be a good way to get a feel for how a month went, and catch up if you missed something. Let me…
June Case-Shiller Potpourri
Before we put away the Case-Shiller data for another month, let’s check in on a few of our alternative charts. First up, let’s take a look at the twenty-city month-over-month scorecard. Here’s the original post introducing this chart if you’d like more details. I think it’s worth noting that June marks the first time since…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Middle Tier Inches Into the Black
Let’s check out the three price tiers for the Seattle area, as measured by Case-Shiller. Remember, Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Note that the tiers are determined by sale volume. In other words, 1/3 of all sales fall into each tier. For more details…