market statistics: Lakeland Hills in Auburn WA-Market Update
- 12/10/14 10:45 AM
I've long been a fan of infographics and, with the advice of Anita Clark here on ActiveRain, decided to tackle this daunting (well, for me anyway) task of creating a market report in this format. Thank you, Anita, for your help and suggestions!
Now to business:
Lakeland Hills is one of my favorite areas in south King County. Technically, Lakeland Hills also extends into Pierce County, almost to the edge of Lake Tapps. It's a wonderful, planned community with single family homes, townhouse/condos, rental properties, miles of walking trails, parks, and a great shopping center. It's also an area of … (2 comments)
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market statistics: Lakeland Hills, Auburn WA - A Market Snapshot
- 06/16/14 08:59 AM
Lakeland Hills, Auburn WA - A Market Snapshot
I know that some folks find market statistics boring. There's a case for that. Just hearing numbers IS boring.
But I kinda like them. I like knowing what's going on. When a home is listed or purchased using my services, we talk about numbers. And I know that my clients rely on what I've researched prior to making important decisions.
So, all that said, here's the latest Market Snapshot for the Lakeland Hills, Auburn Washington area. (I'll try to explain a bit too, so this isn't quite as boring!) Both charts include reporting … (0 comments)
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market statistics: Yes, Virginia. Home Prices ARE Up, Even in Auburn, WA!
- 06/05/14 07:21 AM
It's been a statistics sort of morning here at my Auburn WA home office. I usually start the day by skimming the local newspaper (I'm a touchy-feely sort of reader). Reading the May House Sales article with interest, I noticed The Seattle Times report (from our local MLS) that house prices in my Southeast King County area saw a growth in median prices of 7.9% over the same time last year ... with a corresponding drop in number of units sold of 15.7%.
Adding to the morning, I took an hour or so to listen to a webinar presented by Keeping … (1 comments)
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market statistics: Auburn, WA: 2011 End of the Year Reports
- 01/03/12 03:34 PM
The end of the year is a good time to take a look back and see how things shaped up. After all of the negative press, residential real estate sales in Auburn improved, both for the month of December 2011, and year over year compared to 2010.
Here’s a quick look at the numbers:
Who says the economy still not improving!? Compare the numbers from 2008!
The next chart compares year end stats:
I’m jazzed! Look at that nice up-tick in closed sales!
So … what sold in Auburn in December?
Traditional sales are creeping up … (0 comments)
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market statistics: October 2011 Home Prices Drop, Number of Sales Rise in Auburn, WA
- 11/14/11 09:01 AM
A few days ago, the Seattle Times reported that when comparing home prices in King County in October 2011 to October 2010 a ”puzzling” drop of 15% occurred. Since I represent very knowledgeable clients in the south King County as well, I thought I’d better be sure I understood those numbers for myself.
I’ve had a bit of difficulty actually supporting that County-wide 15% price drop number. Based on closed residential home sales in October 2010 and in October 2011, here’s what I see: (Actually, I also took at look at September just to see how they compared – those numbers are … (5 comments)
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market statistics: Maple Valley, WA Summer Sales
- 09/01/11 12:09 PM
Now that summer's coming to a close (well at least on the calendar), I thought a wrap up of Maple Valley home sales activity might be due. This information only includes those homes that post a mailing address of Maple Valley.
Here's how things looked over the summer:
Of interest, especially, was the little 380 square foot cabin right on Lake Wilderness that sold for $175,000. Gorgeous beachfront! Not to slight the 6,280 square foot bank-owned beauty on five acres, of course. It sold, unfinished, for $466,000. There are some real bargains out here!
Of the 156 homes, here's how … (2 comments)
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market statistics: Market Statistics -- Where and Why?
- 10/25/10 07:05 AM
Understanding market statistics is certainly vital to everyone even casually interested in real estate -- whether you're a current homeowner and just keeping an eye on your home's value, or whether you're considering selling, or perhaps buying a home. Statistics help define, in the most concrete and pragmatic way, exactly what's going on -- where and when! They become a useful basis for forming an opinion of value and timing -- and yet are certainly subject to interpretation. Whenever I meet with a current or even a potential client and we discuss "The Market" statistics come into the discussion.
Each month … (1 comments)
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market statistics: Auburn Washington Sales Activity for August 2010
- 09/08/10 05:35 PM
Just in time for the start of school, 55 sales closed with Auburn addresses during the month of August, 2010. Here's the breakdown:
Residential Sales are Single Family Homes, Manufactured homes are those within parks, not on private land. Of those closed 39 single family home sales, 14 were bank owned, while 6 more were short sales.
A couple other interesting facts:
Prices for single family homes ranged from a low of $112,500 to a high of $737,900 -- and that high priced home had been on the market for a total of 728 days!
Of the total … (5 comments)
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market statistics: Tedious but Crucial Real Estate Statistics for Maple Valley, WA
- 08/27/10 06:55 PM
Similar to the Boring but Invaluable Statistics for Auburn posted yesterday, Maple Valley, WA where my office resides and located about 15 minutes northeast of Auburn, has it's own set of Tedius but Crucial Statistics.
Tedious but Crucial Statistic #1: As with much of the area, home prices have fallen a bit in Maple Valley for the last few years. However, encouraging is that since February, prices have actually risen slightly:
When looking at effective pricing, you may want to consider home prices for similar houses in about the May 2005 timeframe:
Moving quickly on to Tedious but … (7 comments)
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market statistics: What Sold in Auburn, WA in 2009?
- 01/20/10 03:23 AM
Yes, homes and other properties DID sell in Auburn in 2009. From an agent's standpoint, the business of real estate felt slower until Fall, then things started jumping like mad! I know from my own business that every single sale was a lot of work -- always gratifying, but whew! The start of real estate in 2010 is moving right along!
Just so you know ... Days on Market is the number of days the property was Active; i.e., available for sale and not under any sort of a purchase contract. Sometimes, especially where short sales are involved, a property may … (2 comments)
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market statistics: Trends & Market Updates Auburn, Washington
- 09/11/09 12:20 PM
The news media provides an overall look at what the real estate market is doing coast to coast. If you regularly read the local Sunday papers, you may even get a feel for what's selling in various counties or even in your local community.
Graphs bring that information down in a visual, manageable method, making it a bit easier to figure out what's really going on.
The graphs here are for the Auburn, Algona & Pacific areas of King County, known by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service as Area 310. At the time we look at your home's individual value, however, this information … (0 comments)
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market statistics: What's Selling in Lakeland Hills -- Auburn, WA
- 03/11/09 12:18 PM
Lakeland Hills is a planned community located on the East Hill, just north of Lake Tapps. It sits right on the King County and Pierce County dividing line.
It's an interesting area to observe, from a real estate standpoint, simply because there's such a wonderful mix of new construction, townhouses, single family homes in "condo" style, where the lots are small but the homes are detached, and some older homes with larger lots and fantastic views.
In Lakeland, it's common to see amazing views of both the Cascades and Mt. Rainier, and then off to the west to see the Kent/Auburn … (2 comments)
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market statistics: February sales in Auburn, Washington
- 03/11/09 11:47 AM
Spring has started here in the south of Seattle area, in spite of our recent snow day! Who would'a thought we'd have snow in Seattle in March, for pete's sake!
Buyers are starting to call with the "let's get going" message, especially over the last couple of weeks. Now that daylight savings time is in place and the sunshine is starting to come out, I'm thinking we'll finally be solidly in our Spring selling season.
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market statistics: January Sales Activity in Auburn, WA
- 02/06/09 04:37 AM
January sales in Auburn, Washington were slightly up during the first month of 2009! Granted these are small gains, but I'll take 'em!
Trying to get a sense for the current market trend as far as how long it might take to clear out the current inventory was a bit tricky, however. Our snowy and rainy weather during December and January, combined with the holiday season, really put a damper on sales. Because the last three months comprises November, December, and January, I've used information for the last six months (August through January) in order to determine what might be a predictor … (2 comments)
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market statistics: Here's how January sales looked in Lakeland
- 02/05/09 11:13 AM
Lakeland Hills and all of its neighborhoods is a master-planned community on the east side of Auburn, just north of the Lake Tapps border. While the majority of homes in Lakeland are in King County, a portion of the community is actually in Pierce County.
With it's combination of single family homes, townhouses, condominiums, apartments, shops, theatres, parks and beautiful views, Lakeland is one of my favorite Auburn places!
Since I prepare sales statistics for Auburn, my home town!, I was asked to please prepare a little closer look at Lakeland activity this last month. So ... here you go! Please let … (0 comments)
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market statistics: State of the Market - Auburn, WA
- 01/15/09 03:10 PM
Sorry for the delay in getting these out this month. Time sure goes by fast!
Hopefully this makes sense. I haven't figured out how to do a good job inserting tables into blogs yet, so all the nifty colors and fonts fall apart making this a bit more difficult to figure out.
It's interesting looking at the activity for various "areas" of Auburn. We're so diverse here. As with most other areas, the lower-priced homes continue to sell well. Gads, there's actually fairly brisk selling going on for homes in the Auburn West Hill neighborhoods. Less than six months of inventory!
Remember, what we're looking at … (0 comments)
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market statistics: Market Statistics -- November 2008 -- Auburn, WA
- 11/30/08 07:56 AM
Hard to believe a month has passed since I began accumulating and analyzing the Auburn area market, which is where I live. Like many agents in the greater Seattle/Tacoma area, I've always managed to work throughout the Puget Sound area. Last month I became an active member of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and decided I really needed to be sure I knew what was going on in my own home town!
It's been an interesting month. Instinctively, I've felt that homes were selling a wee bit faster, and the numbers prove that for most areas of Auburn, that's appears to … (0 comments)
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market statistics: Understanding Market Statistics
- 10/31/08 05:14 PM
Like all agents,, I keep track of what's going on market-wise in the area I regularly practice. Defining that area can be a bit tricky, however. My working "area" is pretty large -- I actually work throughout southeast King County and well into Pierce County. That's a LOT of statistics.
However, I live in Auburn, and that's my "watch point." But Auburn's a big area too. Lots of neighborhoods. Lots of diversity as far as housing goes. Some areas tend to have less expensive homes, while others currently focus on big, perhaps newer houses.
I always look at the statistics printed … (2 comments)
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I've long been a fan of infographics and, with the advice of Anita Clark here on ActiveRain, decided to tackle this daunting (well, for me anyway) task of creating a market report in this format. Thank you, Anita, for your help and suggestions!
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