King County home prices rise - page C4

Seattle Times Newspaper:

Bucking the national trend, King County's median price climbed 4 percent in January, compared with a year earlier, for detached houses and condos combined.

January's King County sales were down 30.6 percent compared with a year earlier. However that was an improvement over December's year-over-year sales, which were down 33.1 percent.

Hide the good news on page 4 of the C section. Headline the bad on the front page.

Update. The Wall Street Journal has a map showing the areas with the highest value gains (and worst losses) from 2005 to 2007. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is up 20 per cent over those two years.

WSJ Then click on the map "Relative Median Home Price."