By request, here’s an update to the distressed listings map I first posted six months ago. In the map below I have taken all the currently active listings on the market in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties, and separated them into three buckets: bank owned, short sale, and non-distressed. Each zip code has a pie…
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Redfin: Home Sales Thaw a Bit, Prices Still Mostly Falling
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Now that it’s almost February, we should probably make some time to check out Redfin’s December market data. Here’s an excerpt from the narrative: With buyers hitting the streets, and inventory scarce it stands to reason that sellers who list their homes for sale now, instead of…
Listings: Stale in West Seattle, Fresh in North Seattle
I spent some time this weekend compiling a giant spreadsheet of every active listing in all of King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties, so if you don’t like the interactive Tableau maps, this probably isn’t going to be your favorite week. First up, let’s have a look at a map of the “staleness” of listings. The…
December Reporting Roundup: Mall Meter Edition
It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). First up, let’s have a look at the source material from the NWMLS itself….
Seattle: Cash Out Refinance Foreclosure Capital?
The Seattle Times ran a story on Saturday that is worth it’s own post here. While the narrative consists mostly of the usual “personal interest” angle stuff (single mom finds her fourth home in foreclosure when she loses her $800,000 per year job as a mortgage executive, etc.), the attached Tableau interactive tells a much…