Let’s take a look at February NWMLS statistics from around the sound. As usual, courtesy Tableau Software (available free to use online), the Around the Sound update is rocking sweet interactive data visualizations. Feel free to download the old charts in Excel 2007 and Excel 2003 format. To get specific info about a certain point…
Where the Jobs Are (and Aren’t), February 2010
Since February employment numbers were just recently released here in Washington State, let’s check in again on the jobs situation around Seattle, courtesy of data from the Washington State Employment Security Department. The style of most of these charts are stolen from the excellent San Diego housing reporter Rich Toscano. First up, here’s a two-year…
Buyers Getting More House for Their Money Even as Median Prices Rise
In our conversation last week about median prices, David Losh brought up an interesting question: It would be interesting to see what the median price buys you this year compared to last year, or the year before. With some neighborhoods around Seattle showing year-over-year gains in their median prices, it would be informative to see…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-03-13
Estimated 15% of Seattle mortgage holders underwater: http://is.gd/9YpKo # Seattle is #1 again! (for the biggest rental price drops) http://is.gd/9Ytun [spotted by reader 'see it clearly'] # RT @calculatedrisk: Shiller: Homeownership and American Culture http://bit.ly/9guSou # 2005: Weyerhaeuser buys Federal Way building for $21 million. 2010: They sell it for $8.2 million. http://is.gd/9ZZaW # Ray…