A couple of readers alerted me to an interesting feature that has been added sometime recently to Google’s financial tools, the Google Real Estate Index. Obviously like most of the statistics provided by Google, this index tracks searches. Here is their description: The Google Real Estate Index tracks queries related to “real estate, mortgage, rent,…
Foreclosures Not Taking a Winter Break Around Seattle
Time for our detailed look at foreclosure activity for December in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: December 2009 King: 773 NTS, up 17% YOY Snohomish: 417 NTS, up 41% YOY Pierce: 523 NTS, down 10% YOY Now that I’m turning into an expert with Tableau, I thought…
Puget Sound Counties Interactive December Update
Sorry this is so late today. I spent some extra time playing with the latest version of Tableau and familiarizing myself with more of its nifty features. Note that you can now click the “Share” button to embed these charts on another website, and you can download the data behind any of the charts directly…
Four More Washington Banks on the Unofficial Problem Bank List
Calculated Risk’s Unofficial Problem Bank List continues to increase in size, with the latest update including 576 banks across the country. This update added four more Washington State banks to the list: American Marine Bank in Bainbridge Island, Pierce Commercial Bank in Tacoma, The Bank of Washington in Lynnwood, and Viking Bank in Seattle. The…
Predictions: Looking Into the Crystal Ball for 2010
It is time once again for our annual predictions post, where your host goes on record with crazy shots in the dark about what might happen in the Seattle real estate market over the next calendar year. For those of you following along with this game at home, here are the predictions of record for…