Seattle up 1% March to April. Down 2.8% YOY.

Up 1.0% March to April.
Down 2.8% YOY.
Down 24.5% from the July 2007 peak

Thanks to the finally expiring tax credit, The Seattle area saw a month over month price increase of 1% from March to April. While looking at the same time fram last year the area is down another 2.8% the downward trend seems to be at least slowing. Adjusting from the market highs of 2007 the Seattle area has dropped almost 25%

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