Washington is among a handful of key states that have not announced whether they will support a draft deal settling claims of improper mortgage servicing. More than 40 states opted in as the deadline for joining the proposed state-federal mortgage service settlement passed Monday, CNN    Money reported. The office of Washington State Attorney General […]

The number of housing markets showing measurable improvement expanded by 29 metros in February to include a total of 98 markets listed on the Improving Markets Index published monthly by First American and the National Association of Home Builders NAHB. Thirty-six states are now represented by at least one market on the list. FOR THE […]

Three big property sales in less than a week in the Seattle area show that the commercial real estate market continues to thaw. On Jan. 27, longtime local apartment developer Claudio Guincher of Bellevue-based Continental Properties Inc. sold two apartment properties in Kirkland to Arizona-based apartment investor Archstone for $47.46 million. Continental bought the multifamily […]

Spring Hill is probably West Seattle’s most-acclaimed restaurant and owner Mark Fuller, formerly head man at Tom Douglas’s Dahlia Lounge, is undoubtedly the neighborhood’s most accomplished chef. So it was a shock this week when Fuller and co-owner Marjorie Chang Fuller announced that they are changing the restaurant’s name and concept – from deftly prepared […]