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REAL ESTATE news
An economist’s take on the effects mortgage interest deduction changes would have
 
Snohomish County home prices reach new high
 
Major rental home companies merge as housing prices recover

Seattle-area home values rise far above bubble peak
 
Should Seattle tax foreign investors who buy real estate?
 
When job grown outpaces new construction, renters pay for the mismatch
 
The Seattle Metro area has gained 22 million dollar neighborhoods since 2014
 
MORTGAGE & FINANCE news
The average American saves less than 5%
 
How to choose a financial advisor
 
5 tips for financing a residential investment
 
Homebuying myths: Setting the record straight on down payments and millennial apathy
 
New strategies to cut the cord
 
Satirical video highlights the plight of the Millennial homebuyer
 
Tired of the Bay Area, house hunters are looking to Sacramento…and Seattle
 
Seattle is now among top U.S. markets for $1 million neighborhoods
 
First Hill neighborhood in Seattle predicted to be the hottest in 2017
 
HOME trends
While parents downsize, their kids don’t want their stuff
 
Forget starter homes U.S. millennials are buying luxury homes
 
The reimagined laundry room
 
Beige and monochromatic spaces are hot
 
Where, and how, today’s active adult buyers want to live
 
Behr announces their 2018 color of the year
 
 
LOCAL news
How Amazon’s growth is creating a new Seattle
 
Amazon’s transformation has made Seattle America’s biggest company town
 
Plan ahead for Labor Day traffic
 
Lynnwood light rail expansion $500M over budget and delayed
 
City Council committee eyes next steps for Hwy 99, waterfront connector projects
 
Teens work to replenish a tribe’s huckleberry harvest
  
Seattle beats Portland when it comes to households giving up cars
 
Light rail infrastructure hasn’t slowed Seattle’s need for cars
 
Seattle’s Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park a model for urban parks
 
Shake Shack coming to South Lake Union
 
We were “rainless” in Seattle for a record 55 days
 
What would it take to get a fast ferry from Tacoma to Seattle?
 
Snohomish County roads not keeping up with growth
 
 
WEEKLY DOSE OF awesomeness
Finding the perfect poke in Puget Sound
The Beverly Hillbillies home is the most expensive listing in the U.S.