Just for kicks: Seattle’s Case-Shiller Home Price Index in the ’90s and the ’00s (through June). Each series is indexed to 100 at the start of the decade. Colored horizontal lines represent the value of the index at the start of each year. change 1990-1999 2000-2009 (June) Total +71.63% +49.53% 1st Half +23.18% +38.61% 2nd…
$8,000 Tax Credit: To Extend or Not to Extend?
As the expiration date on the first-time homebuyer $8,000 tax credit nears, talk is stirring about renewing and expanding the scheme. Here’s a brief rundown of some of the varying related pieces I’ve been following from around the web. First up, we’ve got the National Ass. of Realtors pushing hard on their members to “Write…
How Many More Washington Banks Will Fail?
Interesting follow-up to Friday’s failure of Venture Bank via the Tacoma News Tribune: Some banks in state risk failure The best news to derive from Friday’s announced failure and sale of DuPont-based Venture Bank came in the form of a report from a Seattle TV and radio station. But the news – that no other…
Geographic Sales Shifts: South County Gains Back Some Ground
Let’s check in on an update of how the sales volume is breaking down among the different price tier regions around the county. For a more in-depth explanation of the process and reasoning behind this data, hit this post. As of August, this is where the median prices were for our regions: low end (South…
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