Edgewood, WA Real Estate Blog

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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I mentioned in a previous post that it’s paramount for both buyers and sellers to understand what’s coming down the pipe real estate market wise.
 
I was asked: “Well, what exactly is coming down the pipe?“
 
As you probably know, many exotic loans were originated during the 2004-2007 period. Exotic loans are [...]

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Like a lot of places, here in Edgewood a lot of sellers and a lot of agents seem to be having a hard time moving from fantasy land to reality.
I don’t know if it’s sellers unwilling to grasp that yesterday’s sales prices were available yesterday, and/or if their agents don’t know what’s going on… and, [...]

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Statistics for February for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.
I noticed a few points of interest in last months data. The number of active listings in Pierce County actually went down. This is the time of year (after the holidays) when you’d expect an increase in the number of active listings. [...]

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Statistics for December for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.
The data is not seasonally adjusted, so keep in mind the holiday season is typically slower than normal.  That said, note the median price trend is downward.  Sales activity is down and days on market is drifting higher. This is as you would [...]

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There seems to be a little confusion regarding the housing statistics I recently posted for areas 100 and 110 for Federal Way over at the Federal Way Graffiti blog.
My fault. Although I’ve explained the difference in the past, I should just put a note in the graphs themselves (if there’s a question, I didn’t [...]

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Statistics for August for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.

Number of Active listings: King & Pierce County WA

Number of Active listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma, & Federal Way WA

Number of Sold listings: King & Pierce County, WA
Number of Sold listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma & Federal Way WA

Average days on market: [...]

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