When inventory completely failed to experience the usual new year bump in January, and listings continued to decline through February, March, April, and May, I had hoped that once the “spring buying season” wore off that we might start to see inventory increase a little in the second half of the year before the usual…
Seattle Employment Improving Faster than US and WA
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…