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If you like this series, treat yourself to a heaping helping of bizarre listing photos throughout the month, from all across the country at Looney Listing. It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle…
Let’s take an updated look at how King County’s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county, since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price. In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three regions, based on the NWMLS-defined “areas”: low end: South County (areas 100-130 &…
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I missed this on Friday: Tacoma-area Westside Community Bank was closed by the FDIC: http://t.co/IjAgkO3f -> "Old Buildings May Be On Chopping Block In South Lake Union" http://t.co/ThbgDkh0 via @KUOW -> "Developer sues Kirkland for limiting size of his project" http://t.co/ppqtabJv via @SeattleTimes -> "Days of big rent increases for apartments may be over, especially…
As promised on Wednesday, it’s time to check up on median home sale prices broken down by distress status: Non-distressed, bank-owned, and short sales. As of December, the non-distressed median price for King County single family home sales sits at $409,475, up 6.5% from a year earlier. An increase of 6.5% year-over-year is pretty strong,…