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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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A measure to tax the wealthiest residents and the biggest businesses in Portland to raise $2.5 billion over a decade to address homelessness sailed to victory as final ballots were tallied last month, even as the state faces crippling revenue losses and record-high unemployment due to the coronavirus according to [..]
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SKCR Events Calendar
Date Event Time Where Phone May 13 Affiliate Council 10 am – 11 am Zoom 425-974-1011 May 14 Gov’t Affairs Committee 2:30 pm – 4 pm SKCR/Zoom 425-974-1011 May 20 Board of Directors 9:30 am – 12 pm SKCR/Zoom 425-974-1011 May 25 Holiday – Closed Office For [..]
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First waterfront condos in 20 years coming to Kirkland
A nine-unit condominium development on Kirkland’s waterfront is planned following the sale of an acre of property that fetched $11.84 million. Five of the homes have been reserved, according to BDR Homes of Bellevue, the homebuilder. Courtesy of MZA Architecture and BDR Holdings, LLC The project, which is in the [..]
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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 [..]