Lack of affordable housing affecting local economies
Jeremiah Jensen | housingwire.com For local economies to thrive, affordable housing must be built. According to Blake Plumley, CEO of Capital Pursuits, a real estate development...
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Portland behind other U.S. cities in home price rises
Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive Portland-area home prices continued to rise at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in May, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home...
Seattle market affected by slowing Chinese market
Diana Olick | CNBC Seattle has been arguably one of the hottest housing markets in America, with home prices rising annually by double digits fueled...
Is the U.S. housing market starting to cool?
Jeff Andrews | Curbed.com With housing inventory shortages rampant across the nation, the summer of 2018 was suppose to be “the most competitive housing market in...
Where homeowners stay put the longest? Seattle ranks #7
Lance Lambert | realtor.com Should I stay or should I go? For many homeowners, that’s the question. Conventional wisdom strongly dictates that homeowners should live...
What it costs to sell without a broker
NARS You’ve heard of buyer’s remorse; but without your market expertise and sales skills to back them up, sellers who choose to sell their home...
Portland housing market starts to cool
Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive Doug Wicks put his Northeast Portland house on the market on Sunday and had a couple of offers by Tuesday....
Seattle continues to be crane capitol of U.S.
Sarah Anne Lloyd | curbed.com Seattle’s crane count—a semiannual report by Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) that literally just counts construction cranes currently erected in the...
Are millenials buying homes?
Jeremiah Jensen | housingwire.com People talk about how the American Dream of one day owning a house is still something that Millennials want and are actively pursuing, and...
Current Bellingham Housing Market
Dave Gallagher | Bellingham Herald The steady drumbeat in local real estate recently is that inventory is tight and home prices keep rising. It appears...