New Jersey. Seattle. San Diego. Three outspoken bubble bloggers who started websites in 2004 and 2005 to tell the world not to buy a home during the biggest housing bubble in history, all finally buy homes in their respective markets within nine months of each other. I wouldn’t take it as an economic indicator of…
Poll: What year will we first see 5% or more year-over-year home price gains?
This poll was active 02.05.2012 through 02.11.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-02-04
Hopefully the new owner will take better care of it! "Owner neglected landmark Smith Tower" http://t.co/B5pvBfK4 via @seattletimes # "2 ratings agencies lower Wash. credit outlook" http://t.co/cLPe27Sd via @KOMONews # Yet another bubble blogger buys a house: San Diego's @RichToscano http://t.co/N3yESU7c # Not Seattle-specific, but the stories on @REConfidential are hilarious (disclosure: Tim helps curate…
Consumer Confidence: The Long Slog Continues
It’s been over six months since we visited the subject of consumer confidence, and since the most recent data was released this week, I thought it might be a good time to update our interactive chart again. You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to…
January Stats Preview: “Where’s the Inventory?” Edition
Okay, now that the first month of 2012 is behind us, let’s have an early look at January’s stats. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in…