King County well below U.S. homeownership average Puget Sound Business Journal Date: Friday, September 28, 2012, 6:23am PDT At only a bit more than 58 percent, King County falls well below the national homeownership rate of 65 percent. Only Whitman County in eastern Washington, home of Washington State University in Pullman, has a lower homeownership […]

Arnold Gangnes, Architect, Tour of Homes | $10.00 Saturday, October 6thDocomomo WEWA invites you to join us for DOCOMOMO US Tour Day 2012in West Seattle on Saturday, October 6th. You’ll visit three mid-century modern homes that demonstrate the creative work of one architect, Arnold Gangnes (1918 – 2003), who was known for his innovative designs […]

The Puget Sound area housing market outperformed the nation’s numbers last month, with home values posting their largest annual increase since local values began to slide five years ago. Area home values in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties rose 0.1 percent in August compared to the prior month and were up 1.4 percent compared to […]

Senior housing providers saw the Great Recession transform their business — from one that welcomes customers who want what they offer, to relying more on customers who need it. That’s because the real estate slump kept millions of aging Americans unable to trade their homes in for retirement ease — until a medical scare or […]