{"id":14189,"date":"2011-01-27T10:17:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T18:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=14189"},"modified":"2011-01-27T10:17:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T18:17:04","slug":"redfin-home-sales-thaw-a-bit-prices-still-mostly-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/27\/redfin-home-sales-thaw-a-bit-prices-still-mostly-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"Redfin: Home Sales Thaw a Bit, Prices Still Mostly Falling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that it’s almost February, we should probably make some time to check out Redfin’s December market data<\/a>. Here’s an excerpt from the narrative:<\/p>\n

With buyers hitting the streets, and inventory scarce it stands to reason that sellers who list their homes for sale now, instead of waiting until spring, have the advantage of less competition. \u201cI have quite a few buyers just waiting for an increase in inventory, which seems stale at the moment,\u201d said Robin McCue, a Seattle Redfin agent, \u201cSellers should consider listing earlier than later in the season, as there are a lot of buyers just waiting for good homes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess it depends on what your definition of “a lot of buyers” is. There are definitely buyers waiting for good inventory (which has been quite stale lately<\/a>), but I don’t know that I’d say there are a lot<\/em> of buyers just yet.<\/p>\n

You can download the full spreadsheet from Redfin here<\/a>, and as usual, I’m going to map the data here. New in this month’s spreadsheet:<\/strong> Pending sales and 13-month trend tables! Check it out, we’re pretty proud of these sweet new features.<\/p>\n

In the map below each zip code with enough sales in December is shown as a dot, with the size of the dot determined by the number of sales in that zip code in the month. Each dot is color-coded based on whichever measure you select below the map. You can view the month-over-month or year-over-year changes in inventory, sales, median prices, or median prices per square foot for single-family homes, condos, or townhouses. There is also a county selector that allows you to narrow, expand, or modify the geographic view to your liking.<\/p>\n

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