This poll was active 06.03.2012 through 06.09.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-06-02
"First Bellevue high-rise in four years breaks ground" http://t.co/YlwtVmi7 via @SeattleTimes # Powered by Twitter Tools
Are Listings Getting Less Scarce?
A reader emailed me to ask if I have “seen a bump in inventory” in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, I haven’t. Here’s a look at new listings by week since the beginning of the year, with last year plotted for comparison: The number of new listings each week did bump up a bit between…
Reader Question: Where are the modest homes?
A reader who wrote in earlier this month contacted me with a There are SO FEW homes that are 1,500-1,700 square feet (about the square footage I think my family could live in comfortably) that are not split entries (my husband and I find them inefficiently laid out and not very amenable to changes to…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier Drags Seattle Index Down
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…