{"id":19692,"date":"2012-04-10T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=19692"},"modified":"2014-09-09T07:39:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T14:39:42","slug":"sales-in-cheap-parts-of-king-dropped-off-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/10\/sales-in-cheap-parts-of-king-dropped-off-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales in Cheap Parts of King Dropped Off in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take an updated look at how King County&#8217;s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county, since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price.<\/p>\n<p>In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three regions, based on <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/nwmls-kc-breakouts\/\" title=\"NWMLS Area Map\">the NWMLS-defined &#8220;areas&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>low end:<\/strong> South County <em>(areas 100-130 &amp; 300-360)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>mid range:<\/strong> Seattle \/ North County <em>(areas 140, 380-390, &amp; 700-800)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>high end:<\/strong> Eastside <em>(areas 500-600)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where each region&#8217;s median prices came in as of March&#8217;s data:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>low end:<\/strong> $157,000&mdash;$282,500<\/li>\n<li><strong>mid range:<\/strong> $230,000&mdash;$615,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>high end:<\/strong> $376,000&mdash;$1,025,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First up, let&#8217;s have a look at each region&#8217;s (approximate) median price (actually the median of the medians for each area within the region).<\/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\/04\/NWMLS-King-Region-Breakdown-Median-LT_2012-03.png\" title=\"Median Price of Single Family Homes Sold\" rel=\"lightbox[19692]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NWMLS-King-Region-Breakdown-Median-LT_2012-03-600x436.png\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Median Price of Single Family Homes Sold - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Median Price of Single Family Homes Sold\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both South King and the Eastside saw increases between February and March, while Seattle \/ North King actually dipped slightly.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, the percentage of each month&#8217;s closed sales that took place in each of the three regions.  The dotted line is a four-month rolling average.<\/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\/04\/NWMLS-King-Region-Breakdown_2012-03.png\" title=\"% of Total King Co. SFH Sales by NWMLS Area\" rel=\"lightbox[19692]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NWMLS-King-Region-Breakdown_2012-03-600x436.png\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"% of Total King Co. SFH Sales by NWMLS Area - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"% of Total King Co. SFH Sales by NWMLS Area\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the big bump in the county-wide median price from $308,125 in February to $330,000 in March corresponds with a big dip in the share of homes sold in the cheapest parts of the county.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, here&#8217;s an updated look at this same set of data all the way back through 2000:<\/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\/04\/NWMLS-King-Region-Breakdown-LT_2012-03.png\" title=\"% of Total King Co. SFH Sales by NWMLS Area since 2000\" rel=\"lightbox[19692]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NWMLS-King-Region-Breakdown-LT_2012-03-600x436.png\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"% of Total King Co. SFH Sales by NWMLS Area since 2000 - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"% of Total King Co. 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