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Slowdown denial is in full force up in Skagit County, where in an article titled “Skagit’s Housing Market: Staying Strong,” a monthly rag called Skagit County Business Pulse has apparently resorted to publishing outright lies. People will go to great lengths these days to own property, especially packages with added value. Despite the high cost…

Realtors buy big ad campaign ‘It’s a great time to buy or sell a home,’ says $40 million marketing push It might go down as the “Got milk?” moment for the housing sector. Just as dairy associations, with their widespread ads, have tried to convince Americans of the many benefits of milk, the National Association…

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Another sign of the times down in Olympia, where this story posted on October 22nd highlights the difficulties some would-be sellers are having finding interested buyers. The plan was to buy a steal-of-a-deal house on the east side of Olympia, remodel it and resell it quickly for a tidy profit – pretty much like they…

Here’s an interesting article that focuses on the influence bio-tech has on Seattle’s economy. It’s tangentially related to real estate, because of the argument we hear so often that oodles of high-tech jobs are just pouring into Seattle. In recent years, economic development boosters both in Seattle and on the Eastside have increasingly focused their…