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Real Estate
Read the latest news about residential and commercial real estate in the Seattle area and Pacific Northwest. Topics include home sales and prices; rent and mortgage rates; apartment, condo and single-family housing markets; development, skyscrapers, construction and office space; and affordable housing issues. Some of the players in the marketplace include Vulcan, Zillow, Redfin and Case-Shiller.
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King County councilmember opposes $180 million proposal for Safeco Field upkeep, says Mariners should ‘pay their own expenses’
King County councilmember Dave Upthegrove is opposed to using a hotel-motel tax to fund roughly $180 million in Safeco Field upkeep by the Mariners. He...
Out of homelessness, into a hovel: Public money spent on Seattle houses with bugs, trash, no water
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