It’s time for our regularly-scheduled check on NWMLS statistics from around the sound. Once again, courtesy Tableau Software, the Around the Sound update is rocking exclusive interactive data visualizations. As usual, all of the underlying data and the old charts can be downloaded in Excel 2007 (or in Excel 2003 format), so if that’s the…
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King County Home Prices & Affordability 1950-2009 Q1
A reader pointed out that I had not provided an updated chart of the long-term (50+ year) trend of local home prices since I originally posted my research in February 2008. So, here’s an updated look at the long-term trends in local home prices and affordability: So much for Steve Tytler‘s famous “stair step” theory…
A Few Different Takes on Seattle-Area Home Prices
A commenter on this week’s poll requested a graph of the total monthly dollar volume of all NWMLS-reported closed sales. So, here it is: Since prices are still higher than 2000-2004, I was actually not expecting this year to show up so low. I also found it interesting how closely 2005, 2006, and the first…
April Neighborhoods Months of Supply Interactive Update
Here’s your look at March’s “Months of Supply” for the 30 NWMLS areas in King County. For an explanation of what months of supply means, please refer to the original neighborhood MOS breakdown post. Also, view a map of these areas here. In place of our usual boring static charts, this month we are proud…
Recent Spike in “Pending” Sales Due to Change in Definition?
At the risk of beating a dead horse, I feel we must revisit the “pending” issue once more. This time, we’ll take it from the top. Prior to June of last year, a “pending” sale in the NWMLS system was defined as a sale in which an offer had been accepted, inspection and/or feasibility studies…