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Editor Cindy Zetts dishes on real-estate and development around Puget Sound: She lived in apartments, townhomes and houses -- a dozen of them in four states -- before settling in the Seattle area in 1997.
Sunday, July 20, 2008 - Page updated at 12:02 a.m.
Latest entry: Real-estate lending: What's the attraction of an ARM again? Posted 7/17, 02:42 PM
You don't have to wait until Sunday anymore to read the latest from Elizabeth Rhodes. She is hunting down the answers to your real-estate questions as they pop up throughout the week.
Latest entry: Unsuccessful house seller considers trading homes instead Posted 7/17, 07:30 AM
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Touchstone's West 8th is scheduled for completion in 2009, when some commercial real-estate brokers predict downtown office lease rates will drop and vacancies will rise, tilting the market toward tenants, a change for the last couple of years that have been good for landlords. Read story
Seattle office market could turn in tenants' favor next year
The downtown Seattle office market is likely to become more favorable to tenants by late 2009 or early 2010, some commercial real-estate professionals predict.
A private mortgage insurance loophole | Home Forum
Still lots of questions surrounding housing-relief bill | Nation's Housing
Friday, July 18
2 University District churches seek rezone for taller buildings
Monday, July 14
Mortgage titans to get help from Fed, Treasury
Saturday, July 12
Do they have recourse? Depends on the wording | Home Forum
A good week for hate mail, thanks to 6% commission, Sonics
Legislation would tighten mortgage-broker regulations | Nation's Housing
U.S. housing-market fallout reaches far — to the U.K.
Thursday, July 10
Foreclosure filings up nearly 70% in state
Monday, July 7
June home prices in Puget Sound fall 6% from year ago
Will gas prices drive homebuyers away from suburbs?
Sunday, July 6
The 6% commission: Is it the best way to pay agents?
City's leadership in green building makes it a closely watched bellwether.
Who says there is nothing new?
Straw-bale house won't blow away
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Seattle real-estate economist Matthew Gardner and The Times' Elizabeth Rhodes answered your questions on the area's residential real estate market.
Seattle real-estate economist Matthew Gardner and The Times' Elizabeth Rhodes answered your questions on the area's residential real estate market.
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