Feb 08
From the Seattle Times, 2/5/2015 Expect to see housing prices to go up “We’re a fast-growing area with not enough houses and condominiums on the market,” said Alon Bassok, a researcher at the University of Washington’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies. “We can expect to see housing prices go up.” King County Residential Last month’s …
Sep 23
Good News for Home Buyers The growing signs of a slowdown in the housing market might be good news for home buyers. Slowing home prices—after the double-digit increases last year—mixed with still-low interest rates are making homes more affordable. Also, the supply of homes for sale today represents 5.8 months of demand, the most since …
Jul 29
If you’ve been following the real estate market in the Seattle metro, you know it’s more competitive than it has been in maybe a decade. Available inventory continues to fall, with less than two months’ inventory now hitting a one year streak (balanced markets have 5-6 months’ inventory). Sellers continue to get higher prices for …
Apr 30
The Seattle area posted the nation’s third-highest monthly home-price rise in a housing report released Tuesday, but the gain was slight and signs of a housing bubble are few. Of the 20 metro areas tracked by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, Seattle was one of only six areas to see home prices rise from January to …
Apr 04
While the median price of single-family homes in King County rose 6% in March, ‘For Sale’ signs continue to remain scarce with the situation not expected to improve anytime soon according to today’s Seattle Times. The annual rate of price growth has been slowing: In January the median price in King County was 17% higher over the previous 12 …
Mar 04
Predicted that 75% of buyers this year will be ‘move up’ buyers A recent study revealed that the number of existing home owners planning to buy a home this year is about to increase dramatically. Some are moving up, some are downsizing and others are making a lateral move. Another study shows that over 75% of these buyers will, in …
Jan 30
Super Bowl and Real Estate Facts Fact: Seven of the 10 NFL teams that have gone to the Super Bowl the most (five times or more) are from cities with HIGH median home prices, when compared to the average median home price of cities with NFL teams. Fact: Nine of the 13 NFL teams that have gone to the …
Jan 15
According to Redfin, out of the 23 markets surveyed, Seattle is the ninth-fastest moving market for homes to be under contract within 2 weeks. Redfin said that San Jose leads the country with homes sitting on the market for a median number of only 12 days before selling. In Seattle, the median for homes on the market …
Nov 15
The median price of single-family homes sold in King County last month rose to $426,000, a 15 percent increase from October 2012. October inventory higher than last year While the frenzy of home buying in early summer sent the median price to $434,000 in July, the highest level in five years, October’s activity showed a …
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