July is now done, so let’s have a look at our 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 in…
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Case-Shiller Tiers: Middle & Low Tiers Still Lagging
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…
Case-Shiller: Seattle Back in the Black
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to May data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 2.6% April to May. Up 0.6% YOY. Down 28.6% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 1.1% from April to May and year-over-year prices were down 7.0%. I’ll be the…
Sales in Cheap Regions Plummeted in the Second Quarter
Let’s take an updated look at how King County’s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county, since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price. In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three regions, based on the NWMLS-defined “areas”: low end: South County (areas 100-130 &…
NWMLS: Never Mind the Mix, Home Prices are Soaring!
June market stats were released by the NWMLS this afternoon. First up, here’s a snippet from their press release: Sales volume, home prices around Washington state rising amid inventory shortages in many areas. June may have been cooler and wetter than normal, but weather did not seem to deter home buyers and sellers around western…