Time for the monthly reporting roundup, where I read all the local paper rehashes of the NWMLS press release so you don’t have to. Here’s a link to this month’s NWMLS press release: Move-up buyers, extended/expanded tax credits boost home sales; Northwest MLS brokers expect momentum to continue in 2010 “This winter will not be…
NWMLS: Tax Credit Boosts November Closed Sales as Pending Sales Drop Through the Floor
November market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s the NWMLS press release: Move-up buyers, extended/expanded tax credits boost home sales; Northwest MLS brokers expect momentum to continue in 2010. Here’s your King County SFH summary, with the arrows to show whether the year-over-year direction of each indicator is favorable or unfavorable news for…
Cheapest Seattle Homes: December Edition
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. For methodology and a brief explanation of the reasoning behind this series, hit the April post. Please note: These posts should not be construed to be an advertisement or endorsement of any specific home for sale. We are merely taking a brief snapshot of…
Visualizing the Tax Credit Sales Boost
I’ve been trying to come up with the best way of visualizing just how effective the inefficient, expensive, and economically stupid $8,000 tax credit has been at boosting home sales in the Seattle area, and I think I’ve finally come up with something really good. To generate the chart below, I took all the single-family…
November Stats Preview: Closed Sales See Expected Surge
With November now in the rear view mirror, let’s have a look at the monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County Records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the “preview,” drop a line in…