With a full year of home ownership/debtorship under my belt as of yesterday, I thought it would be fun to share a few highlights, stats, and thoughts from the first year. First up, the financial highlights: Initial Loan Amount: $179,950 Current Loan Amount: $171,043 Principal Paid: $8,907 Interest Paid: $8,357 Insurance Paid: $596 Property Tax…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-05-19
"Seattle Housing Authority proposal for Yesler Terrace raises concern" http://t.co/M5kO3xRB via @SeattleTimes # "Reset housing recovery just around the corner" http://t.co/eNPArHMP via @jontalton @seattletimes # Agree: RT @jontalton: Re the new skyscraper approved for #Seattle #039;s Pioneer Square. Wildly out of place starchitecture. http://t.co/MiPnl2RF # At NAR's "Rally to Protect the American Dream" 15k Realtors…
Foreclosures Dip in April, Continue Yearly Drop
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at April’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: April 2012 King: 441 NTS, down 51.6% YOY Snohomish: 275 NTS, down 49.7% YOY Pierce: 267 NTS, down 55.6% YOY Slightly…
One in Four Local Houses Sold for Over List Price in April
We’ve been hearing a lot about how much hotter this spring has been than spring in other recent years, and the stories of “bidding wars” seem to be getting a lot more frequent. I decided to see if we could visualize this trend by plotting the percentage of houses that sell for over their list…