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 …
Oct 23
Single-family home prices in King County saw a remarkable run from January to July, when the median price hit $434,000, a 24% increase in just seven months. Sounds like a 2006 market, doesn’t it? Then a jump in mortgage rates took some steam out of the market. In August, the median sale price slipped almost 1%. …
Jan 06
And, you might ask, how did we make the cut? The healthy markets that made the list have 1) strong job growth (Bureau of Labor Statistics) which bodes well for housing demand; 2) low vacancy rates (U.S. Postal Service)–low enough to encourage new construction, but not so low that inventory and sales are restrained; 3) …
Sep 29
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 …
Jun 27
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 …
Apr 17
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 15
Seattle ranks third among homes across the nation that have a very low inventory of homes for sale based on a Move Inc, Realtor.com comparison of the 50 most populated markets in the US. Some US housing markets have homes being snatched up as soon as they hit the MLS with prices are starting to rise as …
Feb 11
According to the Wall Street Journal, buyers in markets around the U.S. are snapping up homes in all-cash deals, betting that prices are at or near bottom and breathing life into some of the nation’s most battered housing markets. Cash buyers represented more than half of all transactions in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area last year, …
Feb 09
About what it was worth in 2004 Oops. That means if you bought your home after 2004, your home value is likely less than what you paid for it. In their latest report, Zillow.com estimates that more than 28 percent of all houses and condos that sold in the Seattle metropolitan area in December sold for …
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