Let’s take a look at April NWMLS statistics from around the sound. As usual, courtesy Tableau Software (available free to use online), the Around the Sound update is rocking sweet interactive data visualizations. Feel free to download the old charts in Excel 2007 and Excel 2003 format. To get specific info about a certain point…
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NWMLS: Tax Credit Goes Out With a Fizzle
April market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s a link to the NWMLS press release (not live quite yet): Brokers cite tax credit and rising consumer confidence with stabilizing housing activity around Washington state. “While the tax credit has gone away, the buyers haven’t,” observed OB Jacobi, a board member of the Northwest…
April Stats Preview: Slowly Climbing Sales Edition
With April in the rear view mirror, 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 Records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in the…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Low Tier Dropping Like a Rock
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 Home Prices Pass 25% Off Peak
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to February data, Down 1.1% January to February. Down 5.6% YOY. Down 25.3% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices fell 1.5% from January to February and year-over-year prices were down 15.4%. Hilariously, Bloomberg continues to run a headline…