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May market stats were published by the NWMLS this afternoon. Here’s a snippet from their press release: Housing Market Righting Itself as Buyers, Brokers Get Creative to Compete. Housing around Western Washington is on an upward trajectory, but inadequate inventory “in the right prices and locations” makes for a “very difficult market for purchasers and…
Now that May is over, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line…
A couple weeks ago our weekly poll asked: Will you use a traditional real estate agent for your next home purchase? This poll was actually a re-run from almost seven years ago when we asked the same question. Here’s how the results of the two polls compare: The sample size on both polls is really…
This poll was active 06.01.2014 through 06.07.2014
Before we shelf the March Case-Shiller data, let’s have a look at my favorite alternative Case-Shiller charts. First up, let’s take a look at the twenty-city month-over-month scorecard. Here’s the original post introducing this chart if you’d like more details. Click the image below to enlarge, or click here for a super-wide version with the…