Edgewood, WA Real Estate Blog

Statistics for July 2008 for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.
More of the same - median prices drifting downward. Still looking for a trend of increasing sales which would portend a “bottom”. It just isn’t there. Lacking an increase in sales, months of inventory is “stuck” at a high level.
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Most areas show a marginal improvement in markets, at least from a seller’s perspective. Keep in mind closed sales are contracts that were written 45-60 days ago when the seasonal selling period typically peaks.
Federal Way (areas 100 and 110) and NE Tacoma (areas 94-95) are exceptions.
All areas ( based on inventory levels) [...]

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The numbers are interesting this month. As you would expect for this time of year, the number of listings is increasing for both King and Pierce Counties. Yet the number of absolute sales is decreasing. Buyers are holding back. Interestingly days on market for King county are drifting downward while they [...]

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I know it’s not the end of the month, but I was generating statistics for a listing I was working on. From the chart below you can see which price ranges have what little action there is.

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Keep in mind a lot of closings occur at the end of the month [...]

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Statistics for April 2008 for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.
Things are improving over March in all areas. Inventories remain high, however, in all areas. Interestingly, King County shows an uptick in overall inventory while Pierce County’s went down. Usually, you see the reverse.
All areas show a decline in median [...]

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The City of Edgewood is proposing spending $8 million dollars for a park at 36th & Meridian.
It might be a nice park but it sure seems like a lot of money particularly during this time of declining home values… $2760 for the average taxpayer (including interest).
I’m not sure, but I don’t think that [...]

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According to a Wall Street Journal article this morning, Zillow has just released their t Q1 Home Value Report. It shows that “U.S. Home Values in the first quarter posted the largest decline in more than a decade, falling back to 2005 levels.”
Here’s what the Zillow report details year over year median Zestimate (Zillow’s [...]

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Statistics for March 2008 for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.
The spring selling season is upon us and it shows in the stats. You’ll find some big jumps up and down in prices and inventory depending on the area. Some areas like NE Tacoma (MLS areas 94-95) don’t have a lot [...]

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