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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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Americans value local news, but few pay for it
Contrary to what those within the news industry believe, most Americans think local news is doing well financially. In fact, there is widespread unawareness about the revenue challenges facing many local news media operations, and only a small percentage of news consumers pay for or donate to local news organizations, [..]
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SKCR Events Calendar
Date Event Time Where Phone 5/13-18/19 NAR Meetings Washington, DC 425-974-1011 5/23/19 First Citizen Banquet 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Fairmont Hotel, Seattle 425-974-1011 5/27/19 Holiday – Office Closed 6/4/19 Housing Issues Briefing 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Meydenbauer Center 425-974-1011 For updates visit: www.nwrealtor.com and look under “Events”
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Seattle City Council unanimously passes MHA upzones
The Seattle City Council on March 18 voted unanimously in favor of neighborhood upzones associated with the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program. The upzones will impact 27 transit centers around the city, some of which are already zoned for commercial and apartment buildings. The MHA program has been controversial with [..]
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NAR launches new branding campaign to distinguish REALTORS, reinforce members’ pride, and demonstrate value to consumers
Informed and inspired by a Code of Ethics that dates to 1913, the National Association of REALTORS® unveiled a new campaign centered on the theme, “That’s Who We R®”. In announcing the integrated campaign, NAR said it “aims to reinforce the value of Realtors® as advocates for property owners, engaged [..]
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News In Brief
The number of homes available for sale in Seattle is increasing at the second-highest rate in the country as the red-hot real estate market of the past few years begins to cool, says a new report. The report, by real estate marketing site Zillow, found that there were 3,324 more [..]
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SKCR Events Calendar
Date Event Time Where Phone 5/13-18/19 NAR Meetings Washington, DC 425-974-1011 5/23/19 First Citizen Banquet 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Fairmont Hotel, Seattle 425-974-1011 5/27/19 Holiday – Office Closed 6/4/19 Housing Issues Briefing 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Meydenbauer Center 425-974-1011 For updates visit: www.nwrealtor.com and [..]
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Seattle University president who “always shows up” named 2019 Seattle-King County First Citizen
BELLEVUE, Washington (March 12, 2019) – One organization executive described this year’s Seattle-King County First Citizen as a “selfless leader” who “shows up” and praised him for his deep commitment to community building. A company president lauded his “obvious heart of a servant.” Seattle University President Stephen V. Sundborg, SJ [..]