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Industry’s leading attorneys spar over flawed transactions at sold out Battle of Barristers
Five experienced attorneys, including one who served as moderator, and a sold-out crowd of 550 Realtors and affiliates gathered in Bellevue last month for the annual Battle of the Barristers presentation of Seattle King County REALTORS®. Along with being approved for three clock hours, the event was a fundraiser for [..]
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Two tech companies announce alliance
Called a “groundbreaking collaboration,” two real estate technology companies announced plans to integrate advanced functions that will enable members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service and brokers from more than 170 other MLS organizations to perform essential business functions with a single platform. CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and [..]
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Issues & Impacts
Issues & Impacts is a quarterly publication produced by the SEATTLE KingCounty REALTORS® to inform members about current issues and successes within your Governmental Affairs Department. SEATTLE KingCounty REALTORS® (SKCR) is ensuring that public policies support homeownership and your business’s bottom line. View the full publication (PDF, 12 pages, 278KB)
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Region’s in-migration shows signs of waning
Is King County’s growth attributed to in-migration waning? Statistics from the state’s Department of Licensing suggest it may be. Seattle Times columnist Gene Balk analyzed DOL data and found the number of driver’s licenses issued to new King County residents from out of state declined for the second straight year. [..]
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Housing market rebounds from February freeze
KIRKLAND, Washington (April 5, 2019) – Both pending sales and new listing activity around Western Washington surged during March as buyers, sellers, and brokers emerged from February’s record snowfall. Brokers added 10,516 new listings of single family homes and condos to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service inventory last month, the [..]
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News In Brief
According to EducatedDriver.org, the average resident in Seattle, Bellevue, and Tacoma will spend approximately 9.88 days commuting in 2019, which comprises daily one-way trips of 29.3 minutes and round trips of 58.6 minutes. So drivers will spend about as long driving to work as kids spend on vacation for spring [..]
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Building confidence rising despite worries around affordability
Ongoing drops in mortgage rates coupled with continued strength in the job market are boosting confidence among builders, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Robert Dietz, PhD, chief economist at NAHB, reported builder confidence rose four points to 62 in February, which [..]
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Characteristics of recent home buyers unveiled in NAHB study
First-time buyers accounted for 37 percent of all households that purchased homes in the past two years, according to findings in the 2017 American Housing Survey. That was a slight drop from 39 percent from the prior period. The National Association of Home Builders analyzes data from the biennial survey [..]
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House hunting pet owners place high priority on spaces for pets
~WIN~ a DIY catio plan for your beloved cat or your client’s. The successful bidder at the April 18 REALTOR® Wine & Spirits Auction in Bellevue will receive a certificate for a Catio Spaces DIY Catio Plan (bidder’s choice of style). Real estate brokers are keenly aware of the priority [..]
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Heavy snowfall ices February housing activity around Western Washington
KIRKLAND, Washington (March 6, 2019) – Seattle’s snowiest month in 50 years had an obvious chilling effect on February’s housing activity, agreed officials with Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Statistics for last month show pending sales dropped nearly 14 percent compared to the same month a year ago. “The winter weather [..]