Shares of @zillow drop 13% in one day as insiders cash out. 30-day avg. volume: 97k Today: 756k http://t.co/2iLCFvxO # RT @seattletimes: Former execs of Bremerton-based bank sued by FDIC over loans http://t.co/sJoT0N1W # Prediction: "Puget Sound will have Japan-like density in 2040" http://t.co/3aHBKXEh via @realestatepi # "Vintage apartment building on First Hill sells at…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. I’m thankful for yet another year in which this sign I photographed in 2006 is shown to be the ridiculous drivel that it is. Have a great day with your family, friends, pets, internets, or whoever / whatever you choose to spend the day with.
Home Sale Up Because of Declining Prices
A series of very similar headlines caught my attention today: Wall Street Journal: Home Sales Climb But Prices Decline CBS News: Home sales up, but housing prices continue to fall nationwide The Real Deal: U.S. existing home sales rise slightly, but prices fall Chicago Tribune: Local existing home sales up double-digits in October, but prices…
King Co. Average Price 30% Off Peak, Mode Down 40%
Feedback from yesterday’s data included some of you requesting that I produce a longer-range version of the plot of average, median, and mode. Your wish is my command. Here are those aggregations going back to the beginning of 2007, which is as far back as I have been able to pull detailed sales data: The…
Average and Mode Price Fell Months Before the Median
Here’s a data set that I pulled a while ago and apparently forgot to post. In the chart below, in addition to the median price metric that we usually focus on, I’ve plotted the average price as well as the mode (after bucketing prices into $50k ranges): What’s interesting to me about this chart is…