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For all the grandstanding that Seattle’s city government loves to do about "affordable housing," you would think that they would want to make it as easy as possible for builders to actually build housing. Of course, if you think that, you’re quite wrong. "We must dramatically increase access to decent, affordable housing," said Mayor Greg…

A comment from reader seattle price drop in yesterday’s post got me thinking. In discussing what kind of research to do for an impending real estate purchase, spd suggested: Step 2) Interview several realtors. Do this with an eye to finding out who will be truthful and represent your interests well when the time comes…

Most readers of this blog know that renting versus owning right now is almost a no-brainer, and buying real estate in order to rent it out right now is just plain foolish. Now, I haven’t been following the commercial real estate market as closely as residential, but I would have a hard time believing that…

Is the Seattle real estate market “cyclic,” “linear,” or “hybrid”? According to the analyst of the day, Seattle is a “hybrid market.” Could the real estate action be shifting to the heartland, the vast swath of middle America that wasn’t really touched by the hyperinflationary housing boom? That’s what a new statistical analysis of housing…

Here’s a delightful story for everyone out there that’s cheering on huge “price gains” in real estate and rooting for rents to climb. The King County Housing Authority, which recently reopened its waiting list for rental assistance for poor residents, received 11,778 applications in a two-week period — an all-time high for the agency. That…