I had a brief live appearance on KOMO 1000 Newsradio this afternoon to discuss where home prices around Seattle might be headed in the next year or two. Here’s the audio: https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/KOMO-1000_2010-06-09.mp3 If you’re visiting for the first time after hearing the interview, here’s the post I mentioned on the air: Goldman: Seattle Home Prices…
How Much Home Does a Million Bucks Buy: 2000-2010
Here’s a little chart I whipped up that I thought was interesting. I pulled up a list of all the single-family homes sold for $1 million dollars over the last ten years in King County and averaged the square footage of the homes sold each year. The data from 2000 and 2001 was a little…
Goldman: Seattle Home Prices to Fall 22% More by 2012
I came across an interesting home price forecast for the next two years from Goldman Sachs (via Zero Hedge): Following their earlier collapse, house prices appear caught in a cross current. On the one hand, there are indications that prices may have bottomed. While alternative house price indices differ in details, they generally show that…
May Reporting Roundup: Imaginary Market Stability Edition
Time 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). Before we take a look at this month’s spin from the NWMLS, let’s have a quick refresher…
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