by richtao | Around Seattle
End-of-the-year columns that forecast the upcoming year’s real estate trends/activity are fun reads. Now that we’re deep into the summer market and 2016’s housing trends are clear, we thought it would be fun to revisit one such article. This one from...
by richtao | Around Seattle
We’ve seen a couple of articles lately that have mentioned a “cool down” in the market. This recent one from Komo News talks about how some local agents feel like our current market is not as cutthroat as this past spring; we’d tend to agree...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Vancouver BC, our neighbor to the north, has an average housing price that is similar to San Francisco’s. Much of Vancouver’s housing market has been driven by the immense wealth of Asian immigrants. In order to tackle the problem of extreme price...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Several news articles have mentioned a “slow-down” in Seattle’s market; they usually caveat this with the words “possible” or “potential.” But these articles, such as the one below, generally point to lower year-over-year or...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Unfortunately, there is no magic, fortune-telling crystal ball. Nobody knows exactly if, when and by how much the real estate market will adjust by. While the Time’s Talton is no economist or real estate expert, he makes good points in this post – and in...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Local news stories about the increasing number of homeless people in the region have highlighted increasing frustrations with the issue. From advocates who say there aren’t enough shelters and services to business owners who feel negatively impacted by their...