Uncategorized Slide show: Top 10 King County real estate deals in 2011 – Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle-based Schnitzer West    LLC posted two of the top five real estate sales in King County in 2011, including the biggest deal of the year, the $350.5 million sale of the 1918 Eighth office building in Seattle. The sale was part of a “two-fer.” Schnitzer West sold both the 1918 Eighth building and the […]
Uncategorized Bested by Austin: Seattle ranks No. 3 for tech startup jobs – Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle was outranked by two cities in this year’s Payscale.com list of hotspots for technology startups. San Francisco topped the list produced by Seattle-based PayScale Inc    ., thanks to its median tech startup salary of $84,400 and the most startup job opportunities of the 50 cities that were studied. Austin, Texas, ranked second, narrowly […]
Uncategorized Real Estate for $499,000 – NYTimes.com SEATTLE WHAT: A three-bedroom, one-bath Craftsman HOW MUCH: $499,000 SIZE: 2,460 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $202.85 SETTING: This house is in the North Admiral neighborhood in the western part of Seattle on a small peninsula between Elliott Bay and the Puget Sound. The architecture includes Tudors, Dutch Colonials, Victorians and Craftsmans; more contemporary […]
Uncategorized The Gardner Report – volume X V I FEBRUARY 13TH, 2012 The Gardner Report (Fourth Quarter 2011, VOLUME X V I) by Matthew Gardner Prepared exclusively for Windermere Real Estate Windermere Real Estate is proud to partner with Gardner Economics on this analysis of the Western Washington real estate market. This report is designed to offer insight into the realities of the housing […]
Uncategorized What Is CoreScore – New Credit Report From CoreLogic In the world of consumer credit scoring, there’s always something new, more “accurate,” and even more intrusive than the credit reporting that has preceded it. One of the latest attempts to delve into consumer behaviors and reduce them to a single number is the CoreScore from CoreLogic. via What Is CoreScore – New Credit Report […]
Uncategorized Seattle Home Show Feb 16 to 26 Seattle Home Show is Feb 16th to 26th! Check out FREE coupon from KOMO: WOMENS DAY – Feb 21st They’re Having a House Party ~ and You’re Invited Billed as America’s largest open house, the 2012 Seattle Home Show opens Feb. 18 at CenturyLink Field & Event Center. The show continues for nine days, through […]
Uncategorized Washington state to get $648M in bank mortgage settlement – Puget Sound Business Journal Washington state’s share of a landmark $25 billion agreement reached between states and the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders will be about $648 million. The Herald in Everett reports major mortgage providers — Bank of America    (Washington state’s largest bank, ranked by market share), Wells Fargo & Co.    , JP Morgan Chase    & […]
Uncategorized Fannie Mae expands online sales Fannie Mae, which began a pilot program in Orlando, San Diego and Detroit in 2010 to take offers for Fannie Mae-owned houses online, is expanding the online program nationwide. Through its HomePath program, real estate agents now can submit offers on behalf of potential buyers online, get online confirmation and track the status of their […]
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Uncategorized Washington not talking about foreclosure settlement as 40 states sign on – Puget Sound Business Journal 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 […]
Uncategorized Number of Improving Housing Markets Expands to Nearly 100 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 […]
Uncategorized $118.8M in deals shows commercial property market improvement – Puget Sound Business Journal 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 […]
Uncategorized Spring Hill going Hawaiian to focus on fried chicken – Puget Sound Business Journal 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 […]
Uncategorized Washington in top 10 on business-friendly taxes, women’s salaries Washington in top 10 on business-friendly taxes, women’s salaries Puget Sound Business Journal by Jennifer Sokolowsky, Web producer Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 1:01pm PST Related: Seattle is No. 7 in the U.S. for business-friendly tax systems, and No. 10 when it comes to average salaries for women, two new rankings show. Jennifer SokolowskyWeb producer […]
Uncategorized One-third of King County home sales distressed in 2011 – Puget Sound Business Journal One-third of single family home sales in King County last year were sales of distressed properties, while one-half of single family home sales in Snohomish and Pierce Counties were distressed, according to a new report from Bellevue-based Washington Property Solutions    . Distressed sales include both foreclosed homes that have been put up for sale […]
Uncategorized 120-unit apartment project in West Seattle Junction approved – Puget Sound Business Journal A proposed six-story, 120-unit apartment project in West Seattle’s Junction neighborhood took a big step forward, receiving land use approval on Thursday. The $13 million project by local developer David Meissner is now expected to start construction by early June, said Steve Fischer with Seattle-based Nicholson Kovalchick Architects, which is designing the project. The H-shaped […]
Uncategorized Seattle/Tacoma apartment market jumps to No. 8 in U.S. – Puget Sound Business Journal The Seattle/Tacoma area apartment market ranks eighth nationally based on anticipated job growth in 2012, according to a new research report from the real estate services firm Marcus & Millichap    . The Puget Sound area vaulted seven slots, moving from No. 15 last year to No.8, based on job growth among its tech companies. […]
Uncategorized Seattle No. 5 in U.S. for wage growth – Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle’s wage growth over the past year was the fifth highest in the nation, trailing only Houston, Chicago, Miami and Washington, D.C. According to Seattle-based PayScale, Seattle’s rating in the PayScale Index for the fourth quarter was 1.6 percent higher than a year earlier. Xconomy reports PayScale attributes the growth to the Seattle area’s economic […]
Uncategorized Record snow possible for Wednesday in Seattle – Puget Sound Business Journal National Weather Service    forecasters are expecting unusually heavy snowfall in the central Puget Sound lowlands on Wednesday, when warm, moisture-laden air flows over the top of a layer of cold air blanketing the region. The Seattle office of the National Weather Service on Monday night said the snowfall “amount should be impressive,” with a […]
Uncategorized Seattle-area average salaries outpace the nation – Puget Sound Business Journal Wages in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area rose faster than the national average last year, according to PayScale    Inc., a Seattle-based compensation research firm.According to the PayScale Index released Jan. 12, average wages in the Seattle metro area grew by 1.6 percent during 2011, compared to an average rise of 1 percent in the nation as […]
Uncategorized Healthy Marketplaces Emerging NWREporter February 2012 "Healthy marketplaces" emerging with shrinking inventory, favorable financing NWMLS KIRKLAND, WA. (Jan. 4, 2012) – Home sales finished the year much stronger than they started, with pending sales for the fourth quarter outgaining the first quarter by more than 3,000 transactions for a 21 percent increase, according to new figures from Northwest […]