It was recently requested that I take a refreshed look at the affordability stats, so here’s an updated look at our affordability index charts for the counties around Puget Sound.
As of May, affordability is still not great for home buyers, but it would be much, much worse if not for the current absurdly low interest rates.
Let’s have an updated look at our affordability index charts for the counties around Puget Sound.
As of October, affordability is still bad, but not terrible for home buyers. Median home prices have dipped just slightly in the last few months…
Don’t forget, you can get access to the spreadsheets used to make the charts in this and other posts by becoming a member of Seattle Bubble. It’s been a few months since we took a look at the local affordability index. So, let’s have a new look at all of our affordability index charts. As…
A reader pointed out that we haven’t looked at how the affordability index is doing in the Seattle area since late last year. Let’s update our standard charts. So how does affordability look as of April? Despite median home prices shooting up, falling interest rates that are back below 4 percent again have kept the…
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