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Puget Sound Counties March NWMLS Update
Here’s an update to the NWMLS statistics for all six Puget Sound counties. I don’t personally want to live in King County, and maybe you don’t either. So, here’s a little graphical look at what the market looks like around the sound. Here’s where the YOY stats stand for each of the six counties as…
More Bad News for WaMu
How about a few more WaMu updates. The (bad) news seems to keep coming for the Seattle-based bank. First up, a look back at how WaMu got itself into this mess, courtesy of the Seattle Times: Where WaMu went wrong. This article has its own thread in the forums, so be sure to check that…
State Economy Continues to Slow
According to the latest data, it looks like the state economy is slowly catching up to the unwinding national economy. More than 3,000 jobs were lost in Washington last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 4.9 percent, up from a near record low of 4.5 percent in February, the Employment Security Department said Tuesday. The…
Local Foreclosures Still on the Rise
Hmm, odd. The pace of foreclosures in the Seattle area seems to still be increasing. The nationwide foreclosure surge continued in March, with the Seattle area following along at a lesser rate, according to a new report Monday. The number of properties with foreclosure filings nationwide rose 57 percent in March from a year earlier…