Puyallup, WA

With just over 36,000 people within the city limits of Puyallup and another 73,000 plus people that call unincorporated Puyallup (also known as South Hill) home, there’s plenty of things going on that one might find of interest.

Crazy was in the air - here are the things I found interesting this week in Puyallup.

News

• Puyallup Police investigators have found two girls who they were looking for over the weekend after pictures of the two were found among child pornography images seized from a man arrested last month.
• Brandon Gibson will return for senior year with WSU.
• Add Puyallup to the list of cities placing camera cops at busy red lights.
• I’m still trying to figure out which one was the dummy in the carpool lane.
• Rick Hansen subscribes to “if at first you don’t succeed”, and wins a seat on the City Council.

Blogs

• Nick and family are getting settled and on a first-name basis at Target.
• The Millers win Seahawks tickets and fame.
• Burleigh has a girls night out in Puyallup.
• Channelingcari discovers a squatter in her drive-way. Not desirable when trying to sell your home.
• Thesynergizer is contemplating the wilds of homeownership.
• The Kunahat Clan is packed and on their way to the AKC Winter Cluster All Breed Dog Show at the Puyallup Fair this weekend.
• My Baloghney is bored out of it’s… err, I mean her, mind.
• The Puyallup Main Street Association will be hosting the second annual Downtown Puyallup Wedding Walk on February 24th, 2008.
• Jenn Johnson shoots the Hedley family - husband, wife and their young daughter.

Current Price Trends
The final statistics for 2007 have been released by the NWMLS. Prices continued to edge down for a third month. The median price for December was $266k, which was a 14% correction from the January 2007 figure of $308k. The 98375 area saw the most growth in recent years, a factor in this significant correction.

The average cumulative days on market - total time a home is for sale, from listing to closing - moved up a bit to 106 days, up from 102 days the previous month. Buyers continue to have the upper hand, even though the average sale price to original list price rose to 96%, up from 93% in November.

Market Activity
Listing inventory continued falling to reach the lowest level since February ’07. There were 368 homes on the market to begin 2008. Buyers will soon notice that their choices are rapidly diminishing. Sales broke loose a bit, rising to a level not seen since August. With just 39 homes sold though, sellers must remain committed to proper pricing.

* Homes sold - single-family homes, both resale and new construction, but not condos or vacant land.
** Median home price - the middle price in a given sequence of prices, taken as the average of the two middle prices when the sequence has an even number of homes.
*** SP/Orig LP% - Sale price divided by original list price.

• Puyallup January Market Update
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98371
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98372
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98373
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98374
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98375

Current Price Trends
The final statistics for 2007 have been released by the NWMLS. Prices rose slightly, but were still down from a year high in October. The median price for December was $304k, which was a slight increase from the January 2007 figure of $300k.

The average cumulative days on market - total time a home is for sale, from listing to closing - moved up a bit to 94 days, up from 85 days the previous month. Buyers continue to have the upper hand, even though the average sale price to original list price rose to 95%, up from 93% in November.

Market Activity
Listing inventory edged down again to reach the lowest level since April ’07. There were 273 homes on the market to begin 2008. Buyers will soon notice that their choices are rapidly diminishing. The holiday season took its toll on sales as they stayed flat for the fourth month in a row. With just 21 homes sold, sellers must remain committed to proper pricing.

* Homes sold - single-family homes, both resale and new construction, but not condos or vacant land.
** Median home price - the middle price in a given sequence of prices, taken as the average of the two middle prices when the sequence has an even number of homes.
*** SP/Orig LP% - Sale price divided by original list price.

• Puyallup January Market Update
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98371
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98372
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98373
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98374
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98375

Current Price Trends
The final statistics for 2007 have been released by the NWMLS. Prices rose slightly last month, ending a three month decline. The median price for December was $290k, which was an almost 10% increase from the January 2007 figure of $264k.

The average cumulative days on market - total time a home is for sale, from listing to closing - dove sharply to 96 days, down from 171 days the previous month. Buyers lost their strangle hold on sellers but still have an advantage, as the average sale price to original list price rose to 96%, up from 90% in November.

Market Activity
Listing inventory continued falling to reach the lowest level since December ’06. There were 146 homes on the market to begin 2008. Buyers will soon notice that their choices are rapidly diminishing. The holiday season took its toll on sales with that figure staying pretty even for the fourth month. With just 17 homes sold, sellers must remain committed to proper pricing.

* Homes sold - single-family homes, both resale and new construction, but not condos or vacant land.
** Median home price - the middle price in a given sequence of prices, taken as the average of the two middle prices when the sequence has an even number of homes.
*** SP/Orig LP% - Sale price divided by original list price.

• Puyallup January Market Update
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98371
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98372
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98373
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98374
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98375

Current Price Trends
The final statistics for 2007 have been released by the NWMLS. Prices rose sharply this month. The median price for December was $317k, which was a 5% decrease from the January 2007 figure of $334k.

The average cumulative days on market - total time a home is for sale, from listing to closing - reduced significantly to 47 days, down from 87 days the previous month. Buyers continue to have the upper hand, even though the average sale price to original list price rose to 94%, up from 93% in November.

Market Activity
Listing inventory continued falling to reach the lowest level since May ’07. There were 149 homes on the market to begin 2008. Buyers will soon notice that their choices are rapidly diminishing. The holiday season took its toll on sales with that figure dropping to the lowest level of the year. With just 7 homes sold, sellers must remain committed to proper pricing.

* Homes sold - single-family homes, both resale and new construction, but not condos or vacant land.
** Median home price - the middle price in a given sequence of prices, taken as the average of the two middle prices when the sequence has an even number of homes.
*** SP/Orig LP% - Sale price divided by original list price.

• Puyallup January Market Update
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98371
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98372
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98373
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98374
• Puyallup January Market Update - 98375