Bloomberg Headline: Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Rise for Fourth Month Hey, cool! The housing downturn must be over if home prices rose in all twenty of the cities tracked by Case-Shiller, right? Right? …way down in the 11th paragraph of the article: Compared with the prior month, nine of the 20 areas covered…
Case-Shiller: Seattle Home Prices Hit New Post-Bubble Low
What better way to kick off Thanksgiving weekend than with the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index? According to September data, Down 0.4% August to September. Down 0.3% August to September (seasonally adjusted) Down 13.8% YOY. Down 22.5% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 1.4% from August to September (not…
Economy: Back from the brink, or poised for a greater collapse?
Someone linked this up in the weekend open thread, and I thought it was a pretty good summary of why I am not convinced that we are presently on the road to recovery, so I thought I’d share it here. Are We Living In Zero Hour Now? If I tried to excerpt some of the…
Poll: Which is the biggest factor driving Seattle-area home prices?
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 11.29.2009.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2009-11-21
Foreclosed Esplanade condos in Tacoma back on the market – http://is.gd/4UU0E # Commercial RE: Expedia Tower in downtown Bellevue sells for $168 million – http://is.gd/4X9w2 # Seattle unemployment rate now just as bad as the statewide rate: 9.3% – http://is.gd/4XmOH # Forbes: Ichiro's cuts price on home "to lure reluctant buyers." http://is.gd/4YjJI Home went pend….