The Specialist in Seattle Real Estate
The new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices were released today and it shows Seattle has the fifth largest percentage of increase of value of all of the 20 major metropolitan cities included in the index over the last year. The top five were: Seattle has been one of cities that has consistently shown growth year-over-year sustained …
Today FHA announced some big changes to their condo financing guidelines, which will be effective immediately. Calculations for owner-occupied percentages are changing, and second homes will no longer be counted against the 50% owner-occupied requirement. Insurance requirements are also being adjusted to allow more developments to qualify. Also, a new streamlined recertification process has been …
For the first time in over a hundred years on November 3rd, Seattle will be electing it’s City Council Members based on geographical Districts, instead of city-wide. This has huge implications for the political process and the future direction of the city. There will be 7 District, or neighborhood races. And there will be two …
There are several map-driven sites to help people and businesses get informed on current real estate developments in Seattle. And the main information source (City of Seattle DPD) is making it easier to get the most accurate and detailed information available. The Seattle City Department of Planning and Development now has a website called “Shaping …
These days they do surveys for about everything. And Hotpads likes to see what trends are going on in cities around the US. One recent survey they did in collaboration with Whistle, shows that Seattle pooches get an average of 76.6 minutes of exercise a day. That sounds pretty good until you see the chart …