{"id":29055,"date":"2014-07-04T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=29055"},"modified":"2014-07-04T15:09:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T22:09:44","slug":"nwmls-sales-inch-prices-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/04\/nwmls-sales-inch-prices-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"NWMLS: Sales Inch Up, Prices Climb Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

June market stats were published by the NWMLS yesterday. Here’s a snippet from their press release: No Summer Slowdown Expected – Brisk Activity Reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listing activity perked up during June, but strong job growth in the Seattle\/King County region has brokers predicting brisk sales with competitive bidding throughout the summer.
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\n“We are still suffering from low inventory in parts of Snohomish County, and we’re still seeing multiple offers on the majority of new listings,” reported Diedre Haines, regional managing broker in Snohomish County for Coldwell Banker Bain and a director with Northwest MLS. She described the market as “strange,” adding, “We are not feeling or sensing the onset of a typical summer slowdown.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nothing about the current market (or any time in the market over the last 9 years, really) is “typical.”<\/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