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…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Seattle’s Low Tier Still Losing Big
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…
Case-Shiller: Seattle Home Prices Hit New Post-Peak Low
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to November data, Seattle-area home prices were: Down 1.2% October to November. Down 6.3% YOY. Down 31.0% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 1.1% from October to November and year-over-year prices were down 4.7%. No big surprise…
A Look at WA SB 6337 “Protecting Short Sale Sellers”
A word from The Tim: This post is from long-time Seattle Bubble participant Jillayne Schlicke, real estate educator through her company CE Forward. Jillayne keeps a close watch on legislative issues, and agreed to write up this in-depth analysis of SB 6337 for the readers here. Thanks, Jillayne! Senate Bill 6337 was recently introduced in…
Poll: Should the federal government be trying to prevent foreclosures?
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