August closed the busiest summer for home sales in King County in five years, according to statistics from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Buyers closed on 2,156 houses last month — the largest number so far this year, and the fourth straight month with more than 2,000 home sales. May and August sales numbers slipped …
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Sep 19
Rents rising: Seattle rents up 9.5% as of June
Home prices make gains in June June asking prices for homes sold were up by 0.3% month over month in June 2012, the latest month of Trulia national data. Aside from May, when asking prices increased by so little that they were essentially unchanged, asking prices have moved up every month since February. Now, even the year-over-year price …
Jun 27
Gooood News! Pending and closed home sales in the Seattle area are ‘up’!
Seattle home prices up 2% in April Home prices in the Seattle metropolitan area, including King, Snohomish and Pierce counties, rose 2 percent in April, their biggest monthly gain since before the housing crisis began. The region’s 2 percent rise follows a 1.7 percent jump in March after seven straight months of declines providing further signs …
May 01
Hit the bottom…?
Every day there seems to be more positive news about the real estate recovery…Check out a quote by Ivy Zelman which appeared last week in a Wall Street Journal article Stunned Home Buyers Find The Bidding Wars Are Back. “We very much believe we’ve hit bottom,” said Ivy Zelman, chief executive of a research firm, who was among the …
Apr 17
U.S. Cities Where Homes Sell the Fastest
Although the U.S. housing market continues to struggle, many local markets are doing significantly better than the country as a whole, with some places virtually missing the housing bust altogether. While shifts in home values are important in any market, it’s important for sellers to determine the length of time a property can expect to …
Apr 11
Low inventory of homes for sale causes multiple offers in Seattle-Bellevue area
10 major housing markets with the shortest supply of homes The low inventory of homes for sale is causing multiple offer situations in Seattle and Bellevue - especially the ‘close-in’ neighborhoods. In the ten major housing markets in the country with the shortest supply of homes, demand is high and buyers are pouncing on listings as …
Apr 02
Housing: About to SPRING Back
We believe that 2012 will be the year that home sales start to climb again. Over the past thirty days, more and more experts are saying the same thing. Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO “I believe we’re very close to the inflection point. People look at prices that are still coming down but all the other …
Feb 22
How the Serenity Prayer Applies To Selling a Home
You may believe that selling your home is impossible in today’s market And, you may feel powerless to the process. What could YOU possibly do to turn this housing market around? There is no doubt that today’s real estate market is extremely difficult to navigate. However, you need to know that thousands of homes sold yesterday, …
Jan 06
Signs of housing turn-around
Floor for home prices? Recent data, such as new-home starts and existing-home sales, have offered some glimmers of hope. The release of the S&P/Case-Shiller index for October shows additional slippage in prices. But the rate of decline in the index, which tracks home prices in 20 metropolitan areas, is expected to continue slowing, to less …
Nov 29
Home Sales Increase Across the Country
The National Association of Realtors recently released their 2011 3rd Quarter Housing Report. In the report, they showed that combined sales of single family homes, condos and co-ops increased in EVERY state as compared to the 3rd quarter of last year. Here are the state-by-state numbers. The next time someone says houses aren’t selling, ask them which state …
