Here’s your November update on Foreclosure activity in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: November 2008 King: 540 NTS, up 57% YOY Snohomish: 220 NTS, up 28% YOY Pierce: 465 NTS, up 28% YOY The graphs below are derived from monthly Notice of Trustee Sale counts gathered at…
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Rapid Rise in WA Bankruptcies
According to the Seattle Times, Washington State ranked 12th in the nation—up from 27th last year—for average monthly growth in bankruptcy filings between 2007 and 2008, with bankruptcy filings up 40% year-over-year. How is this related to real estate? You can probably guess… Across the state, declining home values and tighter credit have added a…
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…
Foreclosure Breakdown: King / Snohomish / Pierce
In order to bring an even more complete picture of the Seattle-area foreclosure situation, I spent some time with Snohomish and Pierce County records, and pulled data on the number of Notices of Trustee Sale going back to 2000 for each county. Here are charts of King, Pierce, and Snohomish County foreclosures from January 2000…
September Foreclosure Data (w/ Long-Term Chart)
When I posted August foreclosure data from RealtyTrac last month with data going back to 2005, a complaint was aired (which I agreed with) that 2005-2008 is not sufficiently long-term. So, I spent some time with King County Records, and generated the following chart of Notice of Trustee sales going all the way back to…