Month: January 2006

The Tacoma News-Tribune recaps the year’s top stories, and the ever-climbing cost of buying a house tops out their list: This was the year of the homeowner. Despite rising interest rates and housing bubble warnings, home prices in the South Sound continued to soar. The median sale price for a home in Pierce County hit…

Okay, I’ve got a bit of catching up to do. First up is a look back on the year’s numbers in Thurston County: The blistering pace of the South Sound real estate market continued in 2005, with the percent increase in number of homes sold and in median prices reaching double-digit territory for the January…