A couple of readers alerted me to an interesting feature that has been added sometime recently to Google’s financial tools, the Google Real Estate Index. Obviously like most of the statistics provided by Google, this index tracks searches. Here is their description: The Google Real Estate Index tracks queries related to “real estate, mortgage, rent,…
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Puget Sound Counties Interactive December Update
Sorry this is so late today. I spent some extra time playing with the latest version of Tableau and familiarizing myself with more of its nifty features. Note that you can now click the “Share” button to embed these charts on another website, and you can download the data behind any of the charts directly…
NWMLS: Closed Sales Sag Slightly in December
December market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s the NWMLS press release: Western Washington pending home sales mark best December since 2006. Hard to believe they’re still crowing about pending sales. Here’s your King County SFH summary, with the arrows to show whether the year-over-year direction of each indicator is favorable or unfavorable…
December Stats Preview: Winter Lull Edition
Now that the last month of 2009 is behind us, let’s have a look at December’s 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…
Case-Shiller Tiers: Oct. Price Rise Fails to Make up Sept. Losses
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…