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Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to December data, Seattle-area home prices were: Down 0.5% November to December Up 12.4% YOY. Down 17.2% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 0.5% from November to December and year-over-year prices were up 8.2%. Home prices in…
It’s time for us to check up on stats outside of the King/Snohomish core with our “Around the Sound” statistics for Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Island, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. If there is certain data you would like to see or ways you would like to see the data presented differently, drop a comment below and…
January market stats were published by the NWMLS yesterday. Here’s a snippet from their press release: Western Washington housing market "definitely in full recovery mode". Home sales during January may not have been as super as the Seahawks’ performances, but brokers cite several reasons for optimism during 2014. “We are finally going to be looking…
January is behind us, so let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line…
Let’s check out the three price tiers for the Seattle area, as measured by Case-Shiller. Remember, Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Note that the tiers are determined by sale volume. In other words, 1/3 of all sales fall into each tier. For more details…