{"id":1970,"date":"2008-05-21T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2008-05-21T18:53:14","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T01:53:14","slug":"revisiting-the-distressed-sellers-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/21\/revisiting-the-distressed-sellers-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the Distressed Sellers Index"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have now been tracking the Distressed Sellers Index<\/a> for a full year, and since I haven’t mentioned it on here since way back in October, I thought it now would be a good time for another update.<\/p>\n

Please keep in mind that I do not claim the DSI to be in any way scientific or statistically rigorous, but rather I provide it as a point of general interest. It uses an original and proprietary algorithm to measure the ratio of listings using “distressed language” compared to the total number of listings.<\/p>\n

Here’s a graph of one full year of the DSI:<\/p>\n

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\nClick to enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n

Last May the DSI was in the upper 20s. This May it has bounced up to over 100, with the latest update coming in at 103. You can also see above that February and March had a series of particularly high points on the index, and it appeared to be heading back down to the upper 70s until the last few updates.<\/p>\n

Again: I’m not attempting to apply any sort of predictive meaning to these values. They’re provided as a curiosity, nothing more.<\/p>\n

For the sake of comparison, here are the current DSI values for select additional cities:<\/p>\n