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Everyday Economics: Luxury housing offers builders a way through the slump
(The Center Square) – Jacksonville and Chicago have more high-income households than in 2019, and more luxury buyers than a year ago but fewer homes for sale, creating an opening for builders despite high mortgage rates. In Jacksonville, the estimated luxury buyer pool grew 10.4% from a year earlier...
seattleagentmagazine.com
Medina is the No. 11 most expensive ZIP code in the US
A new study named Medina the No. 1 most expensive ZIP code in Washington and No. 11 nationwide. Real estate research company PropertyShark ranked United States ZIP codes based on registered residential transactions closed between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30. States with non-disclosure rules including Montana, Texas, Utah and Wyoming were excluded due to lack of data.
The Stranger
Seattle Social Housing Developer Announces First Construction Project
At a chilly morning press conference today, Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD) Interim CEO Tiffani McCoy announced plans for the agency’s first original construction project, a five-story apartment building in the Central District on the lot that used to belong to the late housing advocate Rep. Frank Chopp. Scheduled to open in 2028, the development will provide 20 units of housing, leased at a mix of affordable and market rate rents.
425magazine.com
Compound Interests: Kirkland Mortgage Executive Also Finds Joy Leading a Restaurant Group
This story originally appeared in our sister publication, 425 Business. Justin Andrews is the kind of guy you can go to for a home loan and a beer, albeit not at the same time. The Kirkland native is a longtime mortgage professional and head of an emerging hospitality business with...
onekindesign.com
San Juan Island home offers idyllic coastal escape on a windswept shore
Heliotrope Architects designed this cedar-clad family vacation home on San Juan Island, Washington, along a windswept shoreline exposed to weather coming down the Strait of Juan de Fuca from the Pacific Ocean. The home’s distinctive “bowtie” footprint is a response to the site: the architects nestled it between two rock outcroppings to integrate it with the terrain.
multihousingnews.com
Cadence Buys Seattle Community for $29M
The property previously traded 30 years ago. Cadence Real Estate has picked up The Court at Northgate, a 132-unit, transit-oriented community in Seattle. Institutional Property Advisors brokered the sale. The company paid $29 million for the asset, according to public records. M&T Realty Capital Corp. provided an $18.9 million Freddie...
Crosscut
Tacoma ballot initiative would provide stronger renter protections
Tacoma renters could have stronger protections if voters approve Initiative Measure 1, known as Safe Homes for All. Organizers hope to take Tacoma’s tenant protections passed by voters in 2023 a step farther by strengthening enforcement. If a landlord violates the law, the main avenue to address it is...
Realty Today
In Seattle’s Frozen Office Market, Low Sales Volume Meets Surprisingly High Prices
Through August, Seattle's office investment market produced just $426.1 million in sales, less than any other gateway metro in the country, according to CommercialEdge data reported Monday by Commercial Property Executive. On the surface, that figure describes a market in retreat. What it does not show is that the buildings actually changing hands have been fetching an average of $306.32 per square foot — roughly 50 percent above the $204.56 national average.
My Ballard
Ballard housing market, September 2026: What 24 closed sales say
Townhomes and houses are selling at close to asking price, but not on the same clock. Here is what closed in ZIP 98107 last month. Twenty-four homes closed in Ballard’s 98107 ZIP in September. That is a small number, which is the first thing worth knowing: in a neighborhood this size, a handful of sales moves the averages, so the medians below are the figures to watch.
woodinvillechamber.org
realtytimes.com
U.S. Pending Home Sales Sink Near 12-Year Low
U.S. pending home sales are down to their lowest level since spring 2014—with the exception of April 2020, when the onset of the pandemic ground the housing market to a halt. This is according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by Rocket. Pending home...
425magazine.com
5 Trends Shaping the Eastside Real Estate Market
This article originally appeared in our sister publication, 425 Business. Buying a home on the Eastside can be daunting, especially with ever-swelling prices, changing interest rates, and a market that continues to unpredictably shift. So we reached out to Mike Ferreri, a Realtor with Windermere Mercer Island, for insight. Before...
DMR News
Encore Construction Expands Western Washington Presence With Three New Offices
The family-owned restoration company now has five Western Washington offices and brings 24/7 emergency response closer to homeowners in Seattle, Bellevue, and Bellingham. ARLINGTON, Wash., Oct. 12, 2026 — Encore Construction, a family-owned restoration company serving Western Washington, has added three offices in Seattle, Bellevue, and Bellingham. The expansion brings the company’s total to five […]
realtor.com
We Left Seattle for Michigan to Be Closer to Family—and Doubled Our Living Space While Lowering Our Mortgage
Thinking about moving to another state, but not sure how to start? Welcome to Crossing the Line, where real people spill about how they searched for properties in another state. Today, Caitlyn Rivas, 37, shares why she decided to leave Seattle, a city she called home for 14 years. For...
Afrotech
Tia Glover Left Image Consulting for Real Estate, And 3 Years In, She’s Building Her Business One Client At A Time
Tia Glover has a platform as one of the newer faces on The Real Housewives of Potomac, but she’s quick to point out that being on television doesn’t mean the real estate deals come easy.
getthewreport.com
27-story residential high-rise planned for longtime Bellevue parking lot
Downtown Bellevue’s building boom has a new entry. The city has granted final approval for a 27-story residential tower at 205 105th Avenue NE, on a corner lot that’s functioned as not much more than a parking lot since 2018. Su Development, a Bellevue-based firm, is leading the project, called 205 Tower, with MZA serving as design architect.
hoodline.com
Cafe Yumm Plots Tacoma Comeback, Three Years After Quitting Downtown Seattle
Westgate North Shopping Center — Site Of Planned Tacoma Restaurant. Cafe Yumm is coming back to the Puget Sound region, about three years after it shut down its downtown Seattle restaurant over what the company called unfavorable business conditions. The Eugene, Oregon-born rice-and-bean bowl chain plans to open a new location in Tacoma's North End neighborhood in early 2027, taking over a 2,800-square-foot space at 2601 N. Pearl Street.
homeworlddesign.com
Brighton Beach Guest House Combines Cedar Cladding and Open Interiors on Whidbey Island
Location: Clinton, Whidbey Island, Washington, United States. Brighton Beach Guest House is a 2,155 sq ft home in Clinton, on Whidbey Island, Washington, designed by Seattle-based Coates Design Architects under lead architect Matthew Coates. Completed in 2025, it is the first phase of a multi-generational family retreat. Set on an open bluff above the water, it gives a retired couple a relaxed yet refined place to host their family on a property they see as a long-term legacy.