market statistics: Thurston County Monday Morning MARKET PULSE - 06/16/08 03:31 PM
It's Monday again! The Monday Morning MARKET PULSE doesn't look all that bad today. The powerful message is not in the numbers in THE PULSE this week. This past week saw the most important development for residential real estate in the last 12 months! Interest rates went UP by almost a … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County MARKET PULSE June Week 1...with Audio - 06/04/08 01:40 AM
Are those signs of life or just statistical anomolies caused by the dates that the data was drawn this month?
What is a "sign of life"? And what the heck is a "statistical anomoly"? And what is a MARKET PULSE?
Answers: The Thurston County MARKET PULSE is pretty much exactly that. … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Market Update June with audio - 06/04/08 01:18 AM
I hope that you weren't holding your breath waiting for "the bounce"! What has always been a strong month on the real estate seasonality calendar saw a DROP in units sold in Thurston County this month. Last month we saw uniform numbers down the Absorption Rate column. This month a little … (0 comments)

market statistics: Monday Morning MARKET PULSE for Thurston County - 05/28/08 10:45 PM
If you would rather listen than read, just double click on the arrow button next to the word PLAY on the gabcast box below.
Every Sunday night I document the real estate activity in Thurston County. In this report we track number of new active listings, total active listings, number of new … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Monday Morning Buy Sell Sheet...No Audio Yet, New Format - 05/13/08 01:06 AM
The real estate market speaks only one language. The language of numbers. Your business speaks the same language. The better you are at understanding what the market is saying to you, the better you are at explaining it to your clients.
Know the numbers = Know the market        Know the market … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Market Update May 2 with Audio and this weeks Monday Morning Buy Sell Sheets - 05/06/08 04:52 PM
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, YOU DON'T KNOW THE MARKET.IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE MARKET...YOU SHOULDN'T BE SELLING REAL ESTATE.~ HERE ARE SOME ENLIGHTENING NUMBERS ~
Gabcast! Thurston County Update April 2 #2
Below you will find this weeks Monday Morning Buy Sell Sheet. Below it is a recording the explains the document … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Update April with Audio - 04/03/08 05:31 PM
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR MARKET'S NUMBERS...YOU SHOULD NOT BE SELLING REAL ESTATE.
This tool is updated every month so that Thurston County real estate professionals can know their numbers, what those numbers mean and what to say to clients. This time I loaded an audio of me discussing this month's … (6 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Monday Morning Buy Sell Sheet - 03/16/08 11:35 PM
Every Sunday night I look at and I document the number and price points of the new listings that have come to market and the number and prices of homes that went pending this past week in Thurston County.
In order for you to sell homes at the highest level you must  know … (2 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Real Estate Monday Morning Buy Sell Sheet - 03/11/08 07:15 PM
It's a good thing that our income is NOT based on home value appreciation! Huh? Why in the world would agents say it's a "good market" when home prices are going up and a "down market" or bad market when home values are on the slide? We get paid for closed sales. Period. Once … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Market Update for March 2 - 03/03/08 02:06 AM
That is 336 transaction sides closed in February in a county with something like 750 REALTORS in our county. That is a LOT of house payments that are not being made. These are not the days of business as usual. For some thoughts about the characteristics of the agents that are … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Monday Morning Buy Sell Sheet - 02/25/08 01:10 AM
This is NOT a trend report! If you save this report every week and graph the data, then you would have a trend report. Here are a few of my observations this week. There are significantly less new pendings this week. 61% of all new pendings were under $250K. That does not … (2 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Market Update February - 02/05/08 11:52 PM
If you don't know your numbers, you should NOT be selling real estate!
What happens when inventory climbs and the number of closings remains static? When reading this it is important to bear in mind that closings in the month of January is a function of the contracts written in December and … (0 comments)

market statistics: Thurston County Monthly Market Update...the numbers and what they mean - 01/19/08 03:34 PM
IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR NUMBERS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SELLING HOMES!
What are the important numbers that you need to know in order to speak intelligently about your market? What numbers should you know? What is the story that the numbers are telling you, your sellers and your buyers? What is happening … (0 comments)

 
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