Time to take a look at the stats preview for June’s data. 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 the…
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King County Home Prices & Affordability 1950 – Q2 2012
A reader pointed out to me this week that it has been three years since I updated the long-term chart of King County home prices back to 1950. So, by request, here is an update to that chart as of May, along with the affordability index over the same time period. In the first quarter…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier Finally Gets a Boost
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: Spring Accelerates for Seattle Home Prices
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to April data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 2.0% March to April. Down 1.0% YOY. Down 30.4% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 1.6% from March to April and year-over-year prices were down 6.9%. Inching ever closer…
By Request: 2+ Years of Redfin Size-Adjusted Prices
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. A few people requested some charts of the data in yesterday’s post going further back than just a year. Redfin doesn’t have data back through before the bust, but there is about two years of data available, so here you go. A year ago, price per square…