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Sean Thompson

Hi! I’m Sean

Primary Directive: Predict the future

I’m a economist for a municipal forecasting office, focusing on economic and revenue forecasts. I use R, EViews, and fancy data visualisations to relay complex modeling insights to key decision makers.

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The Residuals

Seattle's Biggest Office Buildings Lost Half Their Assessed Value in Three Years

An interactive look at how Seattle's ten largest major office parcels shed roughly $3 billion in appraised assessed value between 2019 and 2026.

Forecasting Seattle's Housing Market: An Econometric Approach Using NWMLS Data

How do you build a credible multi-year forecast for a metropolitan housing market that went through a once-in-a-generation structural shock? That’s the quest...

Forecasting Seattle Property Assessed Values with LightGBM

Property tax revenue is one of the most stable and significant funding streams for municipal governments — but “stable” doesn’t mean easy to predict. Assesse...