Let’s expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at July’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: July 2009 King: 1,413 NTS, up 13.2% YOY Snohomish: 690 NTS, up 11.3% YOY Pierce: 872 NTS, up 8.6% YOY Here’s your interactive Tableau dashboard…
One More Look at Bogus Reports from the NWMLS
I’ve got one last set of data that I’d like to share on the matter of the NWMLS monthly reports not really reporting what happened during the specified month. There’s a real estate statistics service called Trendgraphix that puts out monthly reports as well. Since they are plugged directly into the MLS database, they are…
Shameless Plug: Vote for Seattle Bubble
Quick shameless plug. Zillow’s got a “best local real estate blog” poll going on until noon today. Somehow Seattle Bubble is getting toasted right now. It would be nice if that were not the case. That is all. Thanks! [Update: Should have jumped in sooner. Still came in third. Oh well! Thanks for voting!]
July Reporting Roundup: Honest Reporting Contest Edition
Late due to NWMLS data shenanigans, it’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). First up, let’s have a look at the…
Misleading NWMLS Stats Hide Severity of Sales Dropoff
June market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s a link to the NWMLS press release (not yet live as of this posting). As requested, here are the full monthly stats from the NWMLS “July” report. Before we get into the numbers though, there are two key points that I’d like to try to…