Here’s one last look at a piece of the statistical picture from last week's release on the February housing market in Pierce County. While closed sales declined countywide from the year before, as they have for months, sales also dropped in every one of the 17 areas tracked by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

Three areas, in fact, saw sales drop by more than half: Fife, Gig Harbor and Parkland. Right behind them were South Tacoma and the Lake Tapps-Bonney Lake area. (Anderson Island isn't included, because only one home sold there last month.)

Keep in mind this is a one-month snapshot offering a look at sales last month compared to what was going on in February 2007. This chart shows the number of houses and condos that sold in each area and by what percentage sales dropped year-over-year.