Two local architects take a look at ways to reduce the costs of new home development, and suggest a number of interesting methods. [Columnist Larry] Cheek takes the $380,000 median-price figure for a house in King County, which includes new and existing stock, and wants that to be a model for all new single-family construction…
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Buyers Not Buying Thanks To… Football?
It’s that time of the month again, when the MLS numbers from the previous month hit the streets and all our beloved local papers rush to press with nearly-identical stories “analyzing” said numbers. The Times, P-I, News-Tribune, Herald, King County Journal, The Olympian, and yea verily even the Puget Sound Business Journal all piped in…
King County Appreciation "Middling"
More evidence that King County is nearing the top of its market comes this weekend from a report that places King County’s appreciation in the bottom third of 15 counties across Western Washington. Fueled by bidding wars and a shortage of houses for sale, King County’s single-family home prices shot up 15.43 percent last year,…
Excess Climbs High In Bellevue
Forget $200k for 500ft². Coming in 2008 to downtown Bellevue: $400k for 700ft² (that’s $571/ft² for you math whizzes out there). A longtime cornerstone of downtown Bellevue, the old Puget Sound Energy headquarters, is coming down this week to make way for twin condominium towers the developer anticipates will be one of the region’s most…
Press Optimism Beginning To Fade?
With the lull that has set in on housing this winter in the Seattle area, the news reports about the dead time are almost more interesting than the housing news itself. For example, take the four stories in today’s papers about December’s housing numbers. Here are the headlines: Housing prices keep rising as sales slow…