home prices: What a diffence a gallon of gasoline can make - 07/05/08 07:22 PM
I once drove by a California apartment complex right off the freeway that posted a huge banner reading "If you'd live here, you'd be home by now". It was a clever way to make drivers, stuck in traffic, question their commute time. In this day and age it would first and foremost make drivers consider the (20 comments)
home prices: Thurston County Market News - 05/23/08 07:32 PM
INVENTORY VERSUS DEMAND
The absorption rate shows quite a jump for the past month. With over 2000 active residential properties currently on the market across Thurston County, it would take 6.8 months at current sales rates to deplete the inventory.
While inventory rates of over 5 months typically denote a (2 comments)
home prices: Thurston County Market Details - 04/10/08 07:09 PM
On the front page of last Sunday's edition of "The Olympian" newspaper was the following article about the recent drop in Thurston County's home sale prices. According to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, March 2008 home sale prices have dropped 1.7% in Thurston County compared March 2007. One thing to keep in mind is that this (2 comments)
home prices: Thurston County Home Values Appreciation - 12/20/07 08:35 PM
According the NWMLS statistics data, the median sales value of homes in Thurston county have appreciated on average approximately 9% annually in the past 7 years. Even though appreciation rates dropped by about 50% compared to last year, an appreciation rate of 5% (as of Nov 07) is still a healthy growth, (4 comments)
home prices: Taking Inventory - 11/10/07 08:00 PM
Our MLS furnishes informative housing market statistics that reveal, among other things, the average sales price of homes, the average amount of time listings stay on the market and the sales price versus list price ratios. All are very important statistics to know, but another important statistic to keep handy is the amount of (9 comments)
home prices: Thurston County Market News - 07/26/07 08:17 PM
Home sellers sigh about having to lower their sales prices. Current local home inventory is 35% up from last year and the number of buyers has dramatically diminished due to the shake-up of the sub-prime lending market. The average number of days a home is on the market is currently at (4 comments)