Local Market Update – June 2018
Local Market Update – June 2018 Last month brought some long-awaited, positive news for buyers with May posting the most new listings in over a decade. Despite the uptick in inventory, most...
Increasing Inventory for Seattle Home Buyers
In comparison to last year, the price of a single-family home in King County has increased by 15 percent at $726,275. On the Eastside, the median price of a single-family home reached $960,000 for May 2018....
Two Seattle Companies Have Built the Smart Home of the Future
Picture this. After a long day in the office, you park your car in the garage and before you enter your home, you click an "I'm home" button from an app on your smartphone, the doors unlock, and all the lights...
Seattle Now Decade’s Fastest-Growing Big City in all of U.S.
Seattle has topped the list again and has now surpassed Austin, Texas! It is the nation’s fastest-growing big city this decade. According to the Seattle Times, “the city’s population hit an...
To Grow Or Not to Grow. That is Amazon’s Question.
After the Head Tax ...After the City Council passed the head tax on Seattle’s big businesses, Amazon issued a strong statement questioning its growth and future in Seattle. “A major shift in...
Amazon’s Expected to Take Two More Buildings in Bellevue
Because of the proposed head tax in Seattle, Amazon is now looking more into Bellevue as the next location for more of its employees in Washington State. Currently, Amazon is pausing its plans for two office...
Is Tech or the City Responsible for Seattle’s Housing Crunch?
As of last week, Seattle-based tech companies DocuSign and Smartsheet went public. Both companies opened with higher stock prices than expected that will allow them to hire even more tech employees in the...
The Gardner Report
ECONOMIC OVERVIEWThe Washington State economy added 96,900 new jobs over the past 12 months, representing an annual growth rate of 2.9%—still solidly above the national rate of 1.5%. Most of the...