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…
Case-Shiller: Seattle Home Prices Keep Inching Up
behind the cycle, California, Case-Shiller, graphs, Statistics, Tableau Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to June data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 1.8% May to June. Up 1.8% YOY. Down 27.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 0.7% from May to June and…
People Stink at Predicting Interest Rates
Last summer we ran a poll that asked the question “When will interest rates first rise back above 6%?” Here are the results of that poll: With the rate for a 30-year fixed currently averaging 3.69%, it’s rather startling that 36% of you believed that interest rates would rise above six percent before the end…
Poll: The mortgage interest income tax deduction…
This poll was active 08.26.2012 through 09.01.2012