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Looking for input for the Newsletter

The_TimThe_Tim
edited July 2008 in Seattle Real Estate
As I believe I have mentioned in the past, I'm working on putting together a quarterly newsletter for Seattle-area residential real estate. Essentially I'll be taking all the data I post on the blog and condensing it into a sort of "market snapshot" that can be more easily consumed than following daily blog posts.

Here's the outline of what I'm planning to include as of now:
I. Introduction / Summary
II. Big Picture
a. Lending
b. US market trends
c. News, etc.
III. Greater Seattle market conditions
a. Case-Shiller
i. graph
b. OFHEO
IV. County-wide conditions
a. King
i. Closed Sales
ii. Listings – new, stale, etc.
iii. MOS
iv. Median Price
b. Snohomish
c. Pierce
d. Kitsap
e. Thurston
f. Island
g. Skagit
V. Other Data
a. Affordability
b. Population
c. Foreclosures
d. Rent
If anyone has any suggestions for additional info that should be included, or general recommendations for the newsletter, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks!

Comments

  • TJ_98370TJ_98370
    Tim,
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    I suggest considering a new ratio metric of inventory / closed sales. An article linked by Everett_Tom suggests that it may be worthwhile for predicting real estate price trends.
    .
    IMF Paper

    I know this is the wrong place for this, but lately the numbering on posts to a thread are changing over at the blog. What was once post #81 is now #72 and such. Is this something you know about? Also the number of posts listed as comments sometimes do not match the actual number of posts I can access. Am I the only one seeing this anomaly?
  • TJ_98370TJ_98370
    Example:

    For the June Neighborhoods Months of Supply Update thread it indicates there have been 30 comments, and I can see the beginning of the last post on that thread, but I cannot access any post after post #28. I've done refresh a couple of times with no change.
  • The_TimThe_Tim
    Thanks for the input, TJ. As for the comment count... that is... odd. Yeah. Who can say why that is happening.
  • Lake Hills RenterLake Hills Renter
    TJ_98370 wrote:
    Am I the only one seeing this anomaly?

    I'm seeing something else odd that may be a symptom of the same thing. I've noticed on the blog portion of the site that the "Recent Blog Posts" banner on the side has comments that aren't always there. I use that banner to determine which posts have been updated recently so I can read the latest posts. I usually do this by clicking on the most recent comment for each unique thread listed, but lately I've noticed that the comments that show up in the banner aren't always actually there. I've double checked lately when this happpens -- the banner has it listed with the first few words, but there is no such comment on the post page. I've just been assuming that they were caught in the spam filter or certain members were possibly having their posts detained and approved because of recent behavior.

    I've also seen comments pop up later in between ones I've already read. For example, I'll read all the comments for a post, but when I come back later to read new comments, there are new ones listed before the last one I read earlier. I've been assuming they were hung in the spam filter or something,
  • The_TimThe_Tim
    Lake Hills Renter wrote:
    ...certain members were possibly having their posts detained and approved because of recent behavior.
    I have no comment on that theory at this time.
    Lake Hills Renter wrote:
    I've also seen comments pop up later in between ones I've already read. For example, I'll read all the comments for a post, but when I come back later to read new comments, there are new ones listed before the last one I read earlier. I've been assuming they were hung in the spam filter or something,
    That I will address. You're correct about it being the spam filter. When someone posts for the first time their comment is held in moderation, so it doesn't show up anywhere. The same thing happens to comments that are incorrectly labeled as spam. Then, when they get approved, they are pushed to where they would have originally showed up in the conversation, which is sometimes before the most recent comments.
  • cheapseatscheapseats
    To the original question, As I was reading your post this morning, I thought it might be interesting to see what industry experts had the most accurate and inaccurate predictions for the period.

    I think to often these guys are too comfortable just saying whatever they want because no one remembers what they said in 3,6, 12 months...
  • perfectfireperfectfire
    I second the prediction watch.
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