Are you curious about how buyer’s and seller’s think?  Or, do you want to win a game of  Real Estate Trivial Pursuit?  If so, here are some real estate tidbits from The National Association of Realtors Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers that I found fascinating:   Average amount of time actively viewing online or [...]

In recently released study by the National Assocation of Realtors nearly 80% of those surveyed believe that buying a home is a responsible financial decision, and nearly 70% believe today is a great time to buy a home. Some key results directly from the survey: Americans continue to believe that buying a home is a [...]

We’re definitely seeing the real world reflection of these most recent stats… check out a 5 year view of Pending and Sold transactions in King County.  The major annual trend:  January is slowest month, June/July/August peak, market slows through end of the year. However this year is quite a bit different – principally due to [...]

Median home prices in King County has held steady in September at $350,000 – which is good news especially after the decline in closed sales from expiration of tax credits earlier in the year. This time we’ll take a broader look at median home price over the past eight years – we can see that [...]

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their latest data on pending home sales today showing that pending contracts, a forward looking indicator of sales, have slowed in June by 2.6% over levels in May.  The slowing was expected as the impact of the expiration of the home buyer tax credit takes full effect. Looking [...]