Declining property values are beginning to sink in at tax assessors’ offices around the sound. From the Everett Herald: Slump hits tax value of your home “I don’t think I can remember a year where we’ve decreased residential values countywide since I started working here in 1987,” county assessor Cindy Portmann said. Her chief residential…
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Follow-Up: Ugly Townhome Forum
This is just a quick follow-up to Wednesday’s Ugly Townhomes post. I wasn’t able to go to the Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark’s townhome forum on Saturday, but thankfully intrepid reporter Tracy Record with the West Seattle Blog was, and she reports on it there at length: Townhouse forum consensus: They CAN be saved, if……
May Reporting Roundup
Before we begin May’s reporting roundup, let’s have a little review of the year so far. January Barb Lamoureux, owner and broker with Lamoureux Real Estate in Everett, said the typical slow December market is over. She’s seen signs the market is picking up, including a significant increase in open house traffic and even some…
Debt: The American Way
I was enjoying some classic Perfect Strangers on DVD over the weekend, and this clip from the premier episode seemed pertinent:
Seattle City Council Hates Ugly Townhomes Too
Those of you that actually live in Seattle proper may be interested to read Councilmember Sally Clark’s guest editorial in today’s Seattle Times: Town homes: We can do better While some new town homes blend into the neighborhood or, even better, stand out as well-designed additions, others are reviled by the neighbors for mediocrity, canyon-creating…