{"id":18913,"date":"2012-02-10T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T22:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=18913"},"modified":"2012-02-10T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T22:32:52","slug":"2012-the-year-of-crappy-housing-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/10\/2012-the-year-of-crappy-housing-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"2012: The Year of Crappy Housing Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordinarily, when the calendar flips over to a new year, it&#8217;s like somebody flipped a switch.  The direction of on-market inventory literally does a 180 in a single day, from a constant decline through the last quarter to a steady increase leading into spring.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8230; not so much:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 600px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/KingCo-Inventory-Total-MoM_2012-01.png\" title=\"Dec. to Jan. Change in On-Market Inventory\" rel=\"lightbox[18913]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/KingCo-Inventory-Total-MoM_2012-01-600x435.png\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Dec. to Jan. Change in On-Market Inventory - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Dec. to Jan. Change in On-Market Inventory\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 600px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/KingCo-Inventory-New-MoM_2012-01.png\" title=\"Dec. to Jan. Change in New Listings\" rel=\"lightbox[18913]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/KingCo-Inventory-New-MoM_2012-01-600x435.png\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Dec. to Jan. Change in New Listings - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Dec. to Jan. Change in New Listings\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year was fairly bad (which <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/2011-wheres-the-inventory\/\" title=\"2011: Where's the Inventory?\">I pointed out<\/a> less than two weeks into the year), but at least there was <em>some<\/em> increase in selection between December and January.<\/p>\n<p>Sales are actually slowly climbing out of the gutter, but listings are falling through the floor.  I suspect this will be a frustrating year to be a home buyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordinarily, when the calendar flips over to a new year, it&#8217;s like somebody flipped a switch. The direction of on-market inventory literally does a 180 in a single day, from a constant decline through the last quarter to a steady increase leading into spring. 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