The week in review: August 10–14
The week of August 10–14 on seattletrendlines.com, in 7 posts.
Tuesday, August 11 — How long a King County listing sits, July 2026. The median King County listing sat 44 days on the market in July 2026, up 2 days from a year earlier.
Tuesday, August 11 — The shrinking factory floor, June 2026. Seattle-metro factories employed 166,700 people in June 2026, up 2.0% from a year earlier. The high-water mark was 246,000 in June 1998 — this region now has 79,800 fewer manufacturing jobs than it did then, a fall of 32%.
Wednesday, August 12 — The construction cycle, June 2026. The Seattle metro’s construction trades employed 121,900 people in June 2026, down 1.1% from a year earlier.
Wednesday, August 12 — Washington business applications, June 2026. Washingtonians filed 9,333 new business applications in June 2026, up 9.0% from a year earlier.
Thursday, August 13 — Restaurants, hotels and the long climb back, June 2026. Seattle-metro restaurants, bars, hotels and venues employed 212,600 people in June 2026, up 1.4% from a year earlier.
Thursday, August 13 — The permit numbers nobody should read, June 2026. The Seattle metro permitted 1,947 housing units in June 2026, against 2,263 the month before. Do not read anything into that.
Friday, August 14 — What a Seattle dollar is worth, April 2026. The Seattle-area consumer price index stood at 377.1 in April 2026. The index itself is not the interesting number — what it means is.
The week in review: every post from August 10–14, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.