I’ve noticed a few posts in the comments and over in forums regarding inventory levels – which appear to be flat to down over the last couple of weeks. Given these I thought it was worth laying out a historical perspective on inventory levels. If you’ve delved into the Seattle Bubble spreadsheet, you know that…
Tag: Statistics
Sales Plummeting, Inventory Skyrocketing… Prices Crashing?
September market statistics from the NWMLS are here. As usual, when a public link to the usual monthly press release with links to the recap pdfs becomes available, I’ll post it here. For now, here is a link to the data on the NWMLS Marketing page Here’s your King County SFH summary: September 2007 Active…
Introducing the Seattle Distressed Sellers Index
I’d like to introduce a new statistic to Seattle Bubble: the Distressed Sellers Index (DSI). This is a metric I have been recording since May, and while I don’t have enough data to do year-over-year comparisons yet, given the recent action, I thought it was a good time to bring it in. The DSI uses…
Supply Soars, Demand Drops Like a Rock
August stats have finally been run by the NWMLS. Thanks to my inside source, you can find the info here first. When they publish the usual monthly press release with links to the recap pdfs, I’ll post it here. Update: Here’s a link to the press release: Key Indicators for August Home Sales Around Washington…
Trendspotting
I’ve been gone a couple weeks on vacation, out of the country – where I was blissfully disconnected from the internet and all news of the US economy. In the course of catching up on goings on, I surfed over to Altos Research to see what they were reporting. I clicked through a number of…