~Year-end gains in inventory, sales, prices~ January 6, 2014. Brokers with Northwest Multiple Listing Service ended 2013 with the best year-over-year improvement in inventory (up 8.4 percent) and a similar gain in closed sales to buoy confidence heading into the new year. Continue Reading
If you are considering new flooring, you may want to include cork floors in your options. Made from the bark of the cork oak tree which sheds every 9-15 years, cork is a great eco-friendly alternative to hardwoods. It is both hypoallergenic and resistant to mold and Continue Reading
NWMLS, KIRKLAND, WA, December 4, 2013 – Improving inventory, stabilizing prices, fewer short sales, and a healthy local economy are credited with keeping the real estate market "chugging along nicely" around western Washington, according to brokers with the Northwest Continue Reading
Kirkland, WA - November 5, 2013. Home sales “paused” during October but prices continued to rise, according to the latest statistics from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Commenting on year-to-date totals for 2013 compared to 2012, one industry expert remarked, “I would Continue Reading
Six years after being announced, a project that will transform a Bellevue warehouse/grocery distribution district into what developers call "a new kind of neighborhood" has broken ground. Called The Spring District, the 36-acre transit-oriented neighborhood will encompass Continue Reading
Kirkland, WA - October 4, 2013. September tested the housing market's resilience around Western Washington with fluctuating mortgage rates, record-setting rains, and persistent inventory shortages in some areas. By month's end, however, both pending and closed sales Continue Reading
NWMLS, Kirkland, WA - September 5, 2013. Northwest Multiple Listing Service figures for August show brisk sales, escalating prices and some improvement in inventory, prompting one MLS director to declare, "What these numbers tell us loud and clear is that buyer demand in the Continue Reading
NWMLS, Kirkland, WA, July 3, 2013 – Current market conditions -- including rising mortgage rates, tight inventory and declining unemployment -- are driving even more buyers into what is already an "extremely competitive housing market," reported OB Jacobi, a member of the Continue Reading
The City of Kirkland and its residents received great news this week when the Surface Transportation Board denied the request by Ballard Terminal Railroad to block the rail removal along the Cross Kirkland Corridor. The city purchased a 5.75 mile stretch of land from the Continue Reading
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