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‘Twin Peaks’ home in Everett for sale
At $549,950, it might not be the cheapest piece of “Twin Peaks” memorabilia.
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Contracts to buy U.S. homes up sharply in May
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes shot up in May. But the…
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Snohomish racing to close deal with Shadowood developer
SNOHOMISH — The Snohomish City Council is holding a special meeting today to consider and likely approve a…
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Port of Everett renovation plan goes before City Council
EVERETT — The City Council is to be briefed today on the Port of Everett’s plan to turn…
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County Council to take up land use in slide areas
EVERETT — Homebuilders and conservationists are honing arguments to sway the Snohomish County Council’s policy decisions about building…
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6 tips for buying the right vacation home
Vacation home sales surged in 2013, the latest year available, according to the National Association of Realtors. They…
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Historic Collins Building to be leveled
EVERETT — The Port of Everett commission unanimously agreed Tuesday to tear down the Collins Building, saying the…
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Condo towers rise again in U.S. rebound
LOS ANGELES — For the first time since the U.S. housing crash, new condominium towers are sprouting in…
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Court rules against Wells Fargo
WASHINGTON— A federal appeals court says Wells Fargo cannot avoid new allegations of misconduct stemming from the mortgage…
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Number of homes for sale in Snohomish County surges
The number of homes on the market in Snohomish County far surpasses the number a year ago, continuing…
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Items in N. Idaho luxury home center of legal battle
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — A California car dealership owner and an Arizona developer are fighting over items removed…
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Some agents will market your home using a drone
BALTIMORE — Real estate agents have long boasted of the lengths they’ll go to market properties. Now, for…
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U.S. home sales up 1.3 percent in April
WASHINGTON — Sales of existing U.S. homes rebounded slightly in April, but the pace of buying remained below…
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Boeings Bothell office leases are not long-term
EVERETT — The Boeing Co. plans to move engineers and office workers in the supplier management and propulsion…
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U.S. home building climbs 13.2 percent
WASHINGTON — U.S home construction surged in April to its highest pace in five months. Almost all that…
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House seller backed out — what are our rights?
Q: We found a house and entered into a contract to buy it. We did our inspections, got…
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Now more than ever, cash is king in real estate
One in three buyers of U.S. homes is paying cash, a record high number, according to data made…
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Luxury homes outsell modest abodes
Million-dollar homes in the U.S. are selling at double their historical average while middle-class property demand stumbles, showing…
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Rising mortgage rates cut housing sales
LOS ANGELES — After a roller-coaster decade of boom-bust-boom, the U.S. housing market is going downhill just when…
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Guilty pleas in mortgage fraud case
SEATTLE — The U.S. attorney’s office says a Washington state man has pleaded guilty in federal court to…