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It’s been almost a year since we last took a high-level view of the local housing market and considered whether or not we’re experiencing Housing Bubble 2.0. Let’s step back and take another look at the big picture. Current Market Highlights standing inventory is at an all-time low new listings are at an all-time low…
With home prices nearing their 2007 peak levels in the Seattle area (and no doubt exceeding them in some neighborhoods), I thought it would be good to step back from the monthly stats and take a big picture look at what’s going on in the housing market.
To answer the question of whether or not we are in another bubble, let’s compare and contrast the present frenzy to what the housing market went through during the Great Housing Bubble…
I’d like to try something a little different. Since posting on here tends to break up the various topics that make up the whole of the housing market, I thought it would be useful to put together a “state of the market” post once a quarter or so that brings everything together.
We’ll cover the basics of what’s going on in the local housing market right now, with links to relevant recent posts in case you missed them…