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Seems like they have opposing headlines on this topic every month. Just goes to show that you can use statistics to prove just about anything.

Posted by Justy | May 7, 2007 12:07 PM
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It is tough to figure out what means what, when both dailies rely on realtors for their data and analysis thereof. Dailies make a lot of their income from real estate ads, so they have little incentive to go outside that industry for perspective.

Posted by tomasyalba | May 7, 2007 12:47 PM
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I feel like one of the articles might be excluding condos from their calculations ("houses" vs "homes") but I can't tell.

Posted by Aexia | May 7, 2007 12:50 PM
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I think it means that, like most economic stories, it's too complicated to express in a headline (which is written by a different person than the article).

Posted by Fnarf | May 7, 2007 1:08 PM
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Realtor's associations send this articles and Times lackies just paraphrase.

Posted by Transit Man | May 7, 2007 2:18 PM
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Go to seattlebubble.com for a good analysis of what's actually going on.

Executive summary: the PI article is closer to the truth, but not quite pessimistic enough. The Times article is crack-smokin' nonsense.

In reality, sales are slowing drastically, and the "rising" home price is probably a statistical artifact.

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