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Have you registered your SAW account to prevent unemployment fraud?
Even if you don’t plan to file for unemployment benefits in Washington state, residents are urged to open a Secure Access Washington (SAW) account with the state’s Employment Security Department (ESD) to help keep fraudsters from collecting benefits in your name. “Tens of thousands” of Washingtonians are believed to among [..]
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SKCR Events Calendar
Date Event Time Where Phone June 10 Affiliate Council 10 am – 11 am Zoom 425-974-1011 June 23 Gov’t Affairs Committee 10:30 am – 1:30 pm SKCR/Zoom 425-974-1011 July 6 Holiday – Closed Office For updates visit: www.nwrealtor.com and look under “Events”
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Harvard student, multifamily experts offer strategies for building more for less
There is no simple – or single – solution for making housing more affordable, but a new report offers ideas from multifamily experts for reducing design and construction costs. Titled “More for Less? An Inquiry into Design and Construction Strategies for Addressing Multifamily Housing Costs,” the 47-page report was published [..]
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10 recommendations from scientists for disinfecting your home
Even the most meticulous house cleaners are likely worried about the best ways to protect their homes and loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The publishers at Home Ownership Matters, a resource for current and future homeowners produced by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) gathered tips from medical reports [..]
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Only Phoenix surpassed Puget Sound region for home price gains during March
Housing prices continue to be remarkably stable across most of the U.S., according to a leading tracker of residential real estate prices. The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for March – when the first impacts of the pandemic were emerging — showed prices were gaining strength, rising 4.4% annually (up [..]
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Housing could lead post-pandemic economic recovery
With the likelihood of a recession looming, a Harvard researcher believes the housing industry may be poised to help lead the post-COVID economic recovery. Daniel McCue, a senior research associate at Harvard’s Joint Center for Real Estate Research, acknowledged it’s too soon to say how far the economy will fall [..]
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State awards $15.1 million to preserve nearly 1,000 affordable housing units
Nearly 1,000 affordable housing units at 32 housing preservation projects will receive $15.1 million in grants and loans to complete preservation work. The money, from the state’s Housing Trust Fund, will be used in communities throughout Washington. Of the 934 multifamily units, nearly half (432) will be occupied by extremely [..]
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Bothell brokerage included in Money Magazine COVID-19 report
Bothell brokerage Real Living Northwest Realtors was included in a Money magazine report in late March on selling a home without showing it and “how coronavirus is throwing the real estate market into disarray.” The article noted the firm had created a “showing protocol form” requiring prospective buyers and selling [..]
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Law firm offers resource of evolving Covid-19 information pertaining to real estate
Seattle law firm Helsell Fetterman, whose practice areas include real estate, is monitoring and compiling evolving news about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on real estate markets. The one-stop resource includes an overview of the measures federal, local and state governments are taking to mitigate economic impacts. The information [..]
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News In Brief
The Washington Supreme Court says people are not entitled to make minimum wage for jury duty. Three citizens who reported for jury duty or who served on juries filed a class-action lawsuit against King County, challenging their $10-a-day pay. In an 8-1 decision Thursday, the court found that because of [..]