King County home prices have fallen from the peak reached earlier in the year as home sales hit their lowest point for the month of July since the market bottomed out in 2012.
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'Dirt is more valuable than this building': How saving funky Seattle may be a lost cause | Danny Westneat
With more landmarks set to fall, some Belltown residents worry their neighborhood may already be history.
Chinatown’s elders are being priced out of their traditional neighborhood
In gentrifying Seattle, low-income seniors in the Chinatown-International District are feeling the housing-affordability squeeze.
New Zealand bans most foreigners from buying homes
Skyrocketing home prices in Auckland have been of particular concern to New Zealanders, although that market has cooled over the past year. Still, prices there...
Drone soars as a construction tool able to leap tall buildings, and save money and lives
With their low cost and ease of handling, drones are saving money and time on big construction projects. They could also save lives.
Google expanding again in Seattle, with new tower next to Amazon
Vulcan, which owns the property and is developing the campus, expects to begin construction toward the end of 2019 and to finish in July 2021.
Washington state no longer has the nation’s fastest-climbing home prices
The major metro areas where the housing market is cooling include Seattle, Bellingham, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Bremerton-Silverdale and Kennewick-Richland.
Showbox supporters dealt a temporary victory by Seattle City Council
The Seattle City Council voted to temporarily expand the Pike Place Market Historical District to include the Showbox.