Most years, when the calendar flips over to January, it’s like the “new inventory on” switch has been flipped. In 2009 and 2010, by the end of January there were 8-12% more listings on the market than there were at the beginning of the month. This year though, things seem to be shaping up differently:…
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One in Four Seattle Area Home Listings are Distressed
[Note: I originally posted this on Tuesday morning, but less than two hours after I posted it, it was pushed down the page by the June NWMLS update. Since I put a lot of work into this map and I thought the content of this post was pretty interesting, I thought it deserved a little…
Quick Look: May 2010 in Bar Charts
Time for another installment of “quick look,” a series of posts in which I present a fresh set of charts for some recent data with minimal commentary. Today’s theme is King County SFH May stats in bar charts compared to each May since 2000. Note that the definition of “Active Listings” was revised in July…
Prices on the Market vs. Prices That Sell
In response to yesterday’s post with the breakdown of what’s selling around King County so far this year, someone asked if we could see some similar data for what’s currently on the market. Great idea.
Here’s an update to the interactive histogram, with everything over $1 million in the same bin. The default display is what is currently on the market. Click the drop-down below the chart to view January, February, or March sales.
Million Dollar Decision Making
In the spirit of this 2007 post… let’s say you have a million bucks that you’re going to use to buy some real estate… Option 1: A 3,150 square foot “beautiful, well maintained Craftsman” sporting an “open floor plan with designer touches,” located on a 4,584 sq. ft. (0.1 acre) lot in the idyllic 47th…