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Category: Relocation

Seattle Region Still a Top Destination for Chinese Real Estate Investment

Despite the economic slowdown in China, Chinese investors are still having a major influence in the Greater Seattle Real Estate Market.  For the 12 month-period ending March 2015 buyers from China purchased $28.6 billion in real estate in the United States. That’s up from $22 billion a year ago, according to NAR’s 2015 Profile of …

Seattle’s Rising Income is Affecting Real Estate Prices, Among Other Things

The proof is in. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has recently released a report recently that shows that Seattle’s incomes are increasing rapidly. In fact they are rising at twice the national average. (see chart) Of course everyone acknowledges this is affecting the purchase price of real estate, as well as rentals. And that is …

Amazon Makes Major Downtown Seattle Real Estate Purchase

Amazon has quietly made one of the most significant purchases in downtown in years. They have bought 3 blocks of the Clise Properties real estate holdings and plan to put a 1 million sq ft office tower on each. This will have a huge impact on jobs and growth in the downtown Seattle business area. …

Are Boeing Executives coming back from Chicago?

The Business Journal reports that Boeing has signed a lease for the 41st and 42nd Penthouse Floors of the Russell Building in downtown Seattle (previously the WaMu building). This is great news for the region! It means the Boeing corporate executives see value at being here, near their roots, and at the center of the …

Compare Your Neighborhood to your Relocation Destination

I’ve discovered a great resource for people relocating to cities where they don’t know the neighborhoods well. This site allows them to compare features and demographics of neighborhoods in the city they are going to move to, with neighborhoods in cities they are familiar with. It’s called Homethinking.com. For information about many of Seattle’s great …