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2010 Q2 Issue of Sound Housing Quarterly Now Available
The second quarter 2010 issue of Sound Housing Quarterly is now available for download by subscribers. Please visit the Current Issue page to download your copy.
Everyone is welcome to download a free single-page summary of this quarter’s report. Also note that the Q2 2009 is now available in full in our free archive.
Here is the Q2 snapshot of vital housing statistics for the eight Puget Sound counties we track:
| YOY Price | YOY Sales | Heat Index | Affordability | |
| King | -1.1% | +33.1% | 18.1 | 98.0 |
| Snohomish | -8.5% | +35.2% | 15.1 | 127.5 |
| Pierce | -4.2% | +22.0% | 13.2 | 137.3 |
| Kitsap | -1.9% | +16.6% | 13.5 | 143.9 |
| Thurston | -3.9% | +13.2% | 13.9 | 141.0 |
| Island | -1.7% | +14.4% | 7.4 | 117.0 |
| Skagit | +0.3% | +33.5% | 9.4 | 125.7 |
| Whatcom | -5.0% | +4.8% | 10.0 | 113.1 |