{"id":27098,"date":"2013-08-06T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=27098"},"modified":"2013-08-07T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T20:53:36","slug":"nwmls-inventory-increases-again-pending-sales-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/nwmls-inventory-increases-again-pending-sales-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"NWMLS: Inventory Increases Again, Pending Sales Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

July market stats were published by the NWMLS this morning. Here’s a snippet from their press release: Home sales, prices still rising in Western Washington despite lean inventory and increasing mortgage rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rising interest rates, rising prices and rising consumer confidence are creating a “positive cyclone of home sales activity,” according to members of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. A robust job market around the Greater Seattle area is also spurring sales.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow. It’s like they’re parodying themselves<\/em>. “Positive cyclone of home sales activity”?!? Just wow. What can I even say to that?<\/p>\n

On with our usual monthly stats.<\/p>\n

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CAUTION<\/div>\n

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NWMLS monthly reports include an undisclosed and varying number<\/a> of
sales from previous months in their pending and closed sales statistics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here’s your King County SFH summary, with the arrows to show whether the year-over-year direction of each indicator is favorable or unfavorable news for buyers and sellers (green = favorable, red = unfavorable):<\/p>\n