By request from the comments on Friday’s post, here’s a look at just the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: After getting hammered harder than every other industry during the housing bust, construction employment is showing the biggest gains in 2012. Every sector we track…
Poll: How many homes for sale have you been inside in the last year?
This poll was active 08.12.2012 through 08.18.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-08-11
Nice overview of the non-financial factors that come into play for rent-vs-own at @GRSBlog http://t.co/COr3s263 # .@BBCNews: "US homeowners stuck in houses that may never recover value" http://t.co/mfreM6Yk Yup. # Behold the housing ATM at its best: Bought for $197k in 1997, now a short sale at $519k. http://t.co/9aYjGj7u # "Housing Authority official quits over…
Mapping Unemployment: Washington 15th Worst in USA
Wednesday afternoon the front page of the Seattle Times website featured the following story about how Washington State’s unemployment rate compares to other states: It’s no secret that the economy, in Washington and across the nation, is struggling. …Are we really doing that much worse than most everybody else? Pretty much, although some explanation is…
Foreclosures Spiking Around Seattle
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at July’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: July 2012 King: 977 NTS, up 33.7% YOY Snohomish: 470 NTS, up 15.5% YOY Pierce: 509 NTS, up 20.3% YOY And…