~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
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
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
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
NWMLS, Kirkland, WA, June 5, 2013 – Well-priced homes continue to draw multiple offers and sell at a brisk pace around Western Washington as buyers react to increases in interest rates and asking prices. Northwest Multiple Listing Service reported double-digit gains in Continue Reading
NWMLS, Kirkland, WA, May 6, 2013 – Northwest Multiple Listing Service members notched their highest volume of new listings since June 2011, but the additions did little to ease inventory shortages. Brokers also reported the highest volume of pending sales since May 2007, Continue Reading
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