Time once again to take a look at the breakdown of what sectors are adding jobs locally and what sectors are losing jobs. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors over the past four years. The “Finance / Real Estate” sector had been growing by as much as five percent…
Sales Growth in 2014 Has Been the Weakest Since 2009
I thought it would be interesting to visualize year-over-year sales increases and decreases by NWMLS neighborhood in King County using the one of the views I created for Case-Shiller data. In the chart below each NWMLS-defined neighborhood in King County is represented by a green square if sales increased that month compared to a year…
Foreclosures Edge Closer to Normal Levels
It’s a bit past time for our detailed look at August foreclosure stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: August 2014 King: 327 NTS, down 44% YOY Snohomish: 235 NTS, down 30% YOY Pierce: 336 NTS, down 28% YOY The number of trustee sale notices was down…
Poll: What kind of cellphone do you have?
This poll was active 09.14.2014 through 09.20.2014
Around the Sound: Moderation Across the Sound in August
It’s time for us to check up on stats outside of the King/Snohomish core with our “Around the Sound” statistics for Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Island, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. If there is certain data you would like to see or ways you would like to see the data presented differently, drop a comment below and…



