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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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February 21, 2019 at 8:44 am

Average US mortgage rates fell this week

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates dipped this week to the lowest average in more than a year, providing a possible boost to the start of the Spring homebuying season in March. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage declined to 4.35 percent from 4.37 percent last...

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Construction in downtown Seattle, near Denny Way, Monday, January 22, 2018. Shot from the top of the Space Needle, looking southeast.

February 19, 2019 at 6:00 am

Seattle construction still booming and won’t end anytime soon

South Lake Union, Lower Queen Anne and First Hill have 10 projects apiece underway, as the local construction boom continues.

February 17, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Monday Memo: Markets’ holiday closure, Walmart earnings, housing data

The business week ahead

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Taken May 17, 2018, this is an aerial of of Greenwood, with Greenwood Ave North slicing from lower left to upper right. 206324 206324

February 15, 2019 at 12:04 pm

Property taxes dropping in half of King County cities after years of big increases

Taxes for the median homeowner are going down in Seattle and up in Bellevue — but overall, tax rates are essentially flat in King County.

In an undated handout image, Sweet Home 3D is a program that helps lay out a plan for a house. Software like free floor-plan apps and augmented-reality tools can help sketch out the ideas for remodeling projects. (Handout via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY TECH Q&A BY J. D. BIERSDORFER FOR FEB. 14, 2019. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

February 15, 2019 at 12:01 pm

How to make a 3D model of your home-renovation vision VIEW

Before you go to the hardware store — or book a contractor — you can use software like free floor-plan apps and augmented-reality tools to...

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Some many stores and stalls at the Pike Place Market were closed Tuesday some businesses resorted to homemade signs to let the public know they were open.

LO Lack of commerce at the Pike Place Market.

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February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am

As businesses dig out of the snow, some also face digging out of the red

For the local economy, Snowmageddon giveth and taketh away. Business boomed for grocery stores and tow trucks, but commerce that relies on delivery has struggled,...

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am

Billion-dollar empire made from mobile-home parks as residents scrape by

Florence Commons may feature sinking floors, but the company that owns this mobile home park and hundreds others has produced for its private-equity owners a...

The Amazon Spheres rest beneath Day One, the dominant building owned by the company downtown, on Thursday, August 17, 2017 in downtown.

February 14, 2019 at 11:42 am

Amazon: Canceled New York jobs likely to go elsewhere; company will ‘continue to evaluate’ growth in Seattle

After dropping its plan for an incentive-packed expansion with 25,000 employees in New York City, Amazon also said it has no current plans for further...

Jeff Bezos started Amazon out of this Bellevue garage in 1994. The home’s value has since grown 10-fold.

February 11, 2019 at 1:48 pm

Bellevue house and garage where Jeff Bezos started Amazon up for sale

Back when Bezos was living there as a renter in 1994, the house was worth $135,000. Now it's on the market for nearly $1.5 million.

February 9, 2019 at 8:00 am

Buying a home by age 35 is worth it now — and later

Of today's older adults, those who bought their first home from ages 25 to 34 accumulated the most housing wealth by their 60s.

February 9, 2019 at 8:00 am

Student debt has kept homeownership out of reach for 400,000 young families, Fed reports

Federal Reserve researchers estimate that rising student loan balances account for nearly a quarter of the 8.8 percentage point decline in homeownership among Americans in...

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