As January 2011 fades into the distance in the rear view mirror, it’s time for another 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…
Tag: foreclosures
One in Three Seattle Area Home Listings are Distressed
By request, here’s an update to the distressed listings map I first posted six months ago. In the map below I have taken all the currently active listings on the market in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties, and separated them into three buckets: bank owned, short sale, and non-distressed. Each zip code has a pie…
Reader Question: Buying Foreclosures at Auction?
I received this email from a reader wondering about foreclosures: I have an idea for a series of articles. I’m interested in non MLS ways of purchasing homes. I’d like to know how to find and properly research homes for sale by the lenders or auction companies directly. My focus is Snohomish County, however I’m…
December Stats Preview: Surprise Sales Spike Edition?
With the last month of 2010 behind us, it’s time for another 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…
Seattle: Cash Out Refinance Foreclosure Capital?
The Seattle Times ran a story on Saturday that is worth it’s own post here. While the narrative consists mostly of the usual “personal interest” angle stuff (single mom finds her fourth home in foreclosure when she loses her $800,000 per year job as a mortgage executive, etc.), the attached Tableau interactive tells a much…