A few weeks ago I linked to Urbnlivn’s follow-up with Mike Davidson regarding his custom-built home near Discovery Park, mentioned on these pages back in 2009: Q&A with A House By The Park Today Mike posted his own follow-up on his own site that’s well worth reading: A Year And A Half After Moving In…
Inflation-Adjusted Commissions Up 25% From Pre-Boom
By request of ChrisM and Alex, I ran the commission numbers I posted Friday through an inflation-adjustment. The chart below plots the total yearly commissions on single-family home sales in King County in 2011 dollars, adjusted based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for the Seattle area (series CUURA423SA0). After you adjust…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-01-21
PMI no longer tax-deductible. Good. http://t.co/5Q5awthU # Good news, everyone! The housing market is “in recovery” according to Lawrence Yun. http://goo.gl/4HXoC A bunch of kids are suing Quadrant Homes apparently: http://goo.gl/Y7xZZ Powered by Twitter Tools
Total Commissions Cut in Half Since 2005 Peak
Here’s a different take on sales and price data that I found interesting. I took the total sales volume of single-family homes in King County for each year and multiplied it by the full-year average sale price, then took six percent of that amount to arrive at a total amount of potential commission paid to…