Tag Archive: Housing prices up

Nov 15

King County Home Prices up 15% from 2012

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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Apr 26

Seattle home values increase 10.1% from March 2012

Home appreciation slows After months of robust and seemingly unsustainable annual home value appreciation, the housing market is showing signs of moderation in the first quarter, according to data from Zillow. Nationally, the Zillow home value index increased 5.1% year-over-year to $157,600 as of the end of the first quarter. March marked the 16th consecutive month that U.S. …

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Oct 15

A new housing boom?

The long-battered housing market is finally starting to get back on its feet, with some experts believing it could soon become another housing boom. Barclays Capital put out a report recently forecasting that home prices, which fell by more than a third after the housing bubble burst in 2007, could be back to peak levels …

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Aug 12

Housing market seems to have turned… After seven years of pain, now comes the gain

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Nearly seven years after the housing bubble burst, most indexes of home prices are bending up. Don’t take my word for it! Check the info below about the nation and Seattle, plus the additional references at the end. (Photo: Bloomberg News) NAR June Housing Report The June report from the National Association of Realtors revealed that …

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