Perhaps I’ve somehow overlooked the stories in the news outlets, but February’s numbers are available (pdf file), and from what I can tell, the slowdown in Seattle continues. Combined home sales in King County dropped for the second straight month, and the fourth time in the last six months. Sitting at $344,950, the combined price…
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Press Optimism Beginning To Fade?
With the lull that has set in on housing this winter in the Seattle area, the news reports about the dead time are almost more interesting than the housing news itself. For example, take the four stories in today’s papers about December’s housing numbers. Here are the headlines: Housing prices keep rising as sales slow…
November: Home Prices Keep Rising — Sortof
November numbers were released today by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. You can check out the raw numbers here in PDF format, or you’ve got your pick of four local papers and their commentary on what the numbers “mean”: Much like the movie “Groundhog Day,” the latest news on local home sales may sound like…
September Prices Mostly Flat Vs. August
Home sales figures for the month of September have been released for the Northwest, with Pierce County’s combined (house & condo) median price posting a 19.5% gain year-on-year to $245,000, and King County’s median price (house only) gaining 15.5% year-on-year to $381,250. Interestingly, that is a 1% decrease from August 2005’s $385,000 high for King…