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With April behind us, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. First up, here’s the snapshot of all the data as far back as my historical information goes, with the latest, high, and low values highlighted for each series: Inventory is still extremely low, but in King County the month-over-month increase was the…
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…
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to January data that was released today, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 1.1 percent January to February Up 11.0 percent YOY. Down 1.7 percent from the July 2007 peak Over the same period last year prices were up 0.9 percent…
I was doing some light reading of the public transcripts from the Move vs. Zillow court hearings in King County Superior Court last week. This excerpt from pages 81-84 in the full Wednesday afternoon transcript was certainly entertaining…
Last week the Seattle Times ran an editorial from a frustrated would-be home buyer currently in the trenches, and the whole piece has an eerily familiar ring to it…