The Austin Statesman has an interactive map up on their website that shows median price changes and sales volume activity for Austin Travis County in 2007 compared to 2006. Jeez, I wish I knew how to create such a nice map for the blog, but I guess they have a bigger budget than me. I’ll be posting my boring charts and graphs as usual.
Meanwhile, check out the Statesman map here (requires flash):
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/business/interactive_sm/01/012508_mlshomes.html
Hey Steve, I really like the idea of this map, but some of the data looks fishy to me.
As much as I’d like to believe that there is a crazy buyer’s market in the DT MLS area, I find it difficult to swallow that there was only one sale last year. Perhaps I just misunderstand what the numbers mean.
Then again, if there is a fire sale in downtown housing, let me know.
Assuming that most of the data is correct, it is a still nice way to visualize how the different areas of Austin are doing. It makes me feel better about owning a home in SWE.