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[4 Feb 2010 | Comments | ]

I was just asked this week how is the Real Estate Market in King County since I mentioned earlier about Snohomish County. Well here is information which was requested about King County. Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reported as following statistics for Dec 2009. Jan 2010 stats will be published in the coming weeks. We still got 21 months of inventory in King County while Snohomish County got 19 months of inventory of homes for sale.

UNITS
ACTIVE

PENDING

SOLD

DEC 09 UNITS
6,918

1,413

1462

DEC 08 UNITS
8,707

911

929

Total Unit +/-
-1789

502

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[18 Jun 2009 | Comments | ]

Sales increasing, Interest Rates rising, Increased Market Activity,What Does it Mean?
Since the beginning of the year, the interest and activity in what is often referred to as the Greater Seattle area (King, Snohomish, Pierce and Kitsap Counties), has steadily increased.  Is this the normal Spring rush or is it finally the beginning of a recovery that has long been awaited?  During April and May, the pending sales were higher than the same months in 2000, which was the beginning of a 7-year run-up in real estate values.  Is this the start …