If a real estate PROFESSIONAL says that "Smart investment money is starting to come off the sidelines" it MUST be true! http://is.gd/zrjJII # via @SeattleTimes – "Seattle Home Show finds visitors thinking smaller" http://is.gd/7iig6I # Nice @findwell post poking fun of new marketing nonsense blog by Century 21. http://bit.ly/ePHWq7 #SuzanneResearchedThis # Robert Shiller seems to…
Friday Flashback: Case-Shiller Home Price Losses Mapped
I thought it would be interesting to post one more viz on the latest Case-Shiller numbers. This time I’ve put the data from all twenty cities on a map. The size of each circle represents how far back prices have rewound (larger = further back), and the circles are color-coded by how much prices have…
Redfin Maps All the Bank Owned (REO) Shadow Inventory
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. After Google’s recent announcement that they were pulling their real estate map features, I was somewhat disappointed that we had lost a mapped view of unlisted foreclosures. Fortunately, Redfin just today released a sweet new feature that I’ve been helping plan: Full map and details on all…
Audio From Tim’s Appearance on The John Curley Show
Monday night I had a brief appearance on John Curley’s new radio program on 97.3 KIRO FM. Here’s the audio, in case anyone is interested (~11 minutes): https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/John-Curley-Show-2011-02-21.mp3 John seems to have a bit more confidence in my local housing expertise than he did in 2008. To be fair though, I didn’t actually get to…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier -10% in 1 Year, 33% Off Peak
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…