Let’s check in on the NWMLS statistics from around the sound. Here’s where the YOY stats stand for each of the six counties as of October 2008: King – Price: -11.7% | Listings: +2.7% | Sales: -22.4% | MOS: 8.3 Snohomish – Price: -10.8% | Listings: -6.0% | Sales: -28.0% | MOS: 10.9 Pierce –…
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Ask the Industry Insiders: Dan Klusman of RightTimetoBuy.org
For the first interview in our “ask the industry insiders” series, we turn to Dan Klusman, Director of Communications for the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, the group behind the website Right Time to Buy. Rather than pick and choose what portions of the interview to share, I’m just going to include…
Foreclosures Continued to Increase in October
Here’s your October update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: October 2008 King: 643 NTS, up 82% YOY Snohomish: 331 NTS, up 128% YOY Pierce: 603 NTS, up 84% YOY The graphs below are derived from monthly Notice of Trustee Sale counts gathered at…
One in Five Pending Sales Failed to Close in Q3
With Q3 + 1 month now behind us, it’s time to take another look at the relationship between pending and closed sales. Recall that in Q2, a record-setting 15.9% of pending sales had fallen through and never showed up as closed sales. Here’s an update. The graph below shows quarterly King County SFH pending sales…