1 in 8 Seattle owners has been in current home for 30-plus years | FYI Guy
Housing inventory is down in 2021 from the year before, and the median home price is now hovering at $800,000. Compounding the housing crunch, 20,000...
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Compare Seattle’s housing market to other major U.S. cities using the Case-Shiller Home Price Index
The monthly release of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index compares national home price growth to price increases in 20 major cities. For more...
The seven industries most desperate for workers
Worker shortages haven’t surfaced nationally, but a few overworked industries are short on help. Many of these seven sectors are seeing record paychecks for nonmanagerial...
Downtown Seattle dying? Not so fast. Demand for office space roars back to pre-pandemic levels | FYI Guy
When the pandemic hit, demand for Seattle office space plummeted. But it surged this year, even surpassing pre-pandemic heights. "A lot of tenants are starting...
Seattle-area job openings finally return to pre-pandemic level, in sign of growing recovery
Hiring is up, home sales are robust, but air travel shows the pandemic's economic impacts are still with us.
Air travel, home sales signal a rebound for Seattle-area economy that hasn’t yet healed | Economy charts
Passenger counts at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are rising steeply. Home sales in Washington state are far ahead of last year's pace. But not all indicators...
What’s behind the Seattle area’s soaring grocery bills since COVID-19 pandemic began | FYI Guy
People in the Seattle area are spending more at the grocery store — and by a significant amount. Where does it cost the most to...
Air travel through Seattle is slowly rebuilding, but it’s far from recovered | Economy charts
Flying still seems to be not on the agenda of most people, as indicated by passenger volumes that remain far below the levels of early...
Seattle tops nation for COVID-19-era increase in online spending | FYI Guy
More than 2 million people who live in the Seattle metro area -- 67% of the adult population -- said they shopped more online during...
Sea-Tac’s holiday peak still far below last year’s levels; home sales are a different story | Coronavirus Economy in Charts
Travelers through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport hit a post-March peak during the year-end holidays — at barely a third of last year's level. Home sales, meanwhile,...
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