December market stats were published by the NWMLS this afternoon. Here’s their press release: “Healthy marketplaces” emerging with shrinking inventory, favorable financing “All over we are seeing healthy marketplaces emerge as the inventory levels drop,” said J. Lennox Scott, CEO and chairman of John L. Scott Real Estate. “As you get closer to the job…
Cheapest Homes: January 2012 Edition
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. Here’s our methodology: I search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states of extreme disrepair based on listing photos and descriptions will be excluded. This…
December Stats Preview: Inventory Erasure Edition
As we wrap up our 2011 coverage, let’s have an early look at December’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 the preview, drop a…
The Tim’s Top Ten of Twenty-Eleven
Here’s the last post in the “Top 10 of 2011” series: Tim’s Ten Favorite Posts of 2011 (in no particular order). Friday Flashback: Why Second-Guess Forbes & Moody’s? – As you can probably guess, I love pretty much the entire Friday Flashback series. It’s a near-endless supply of amusement to me to look back at…
Poll: What’s your 2012 Housing Resolution?
This poll was active 01.01.2012 through 01.07.2012.