Business
Olive Garden owner to create real estate company
ORLANDO, Fla. — Darden Restaurants Inc. is planning to create a real estate investment trust that will function…
Business
Nation’s fastest-rising rents are in Jackson, Mississippi
WASHINGTON — Home rental prices are climbing across much of the United States — with the biggest gains…
Local News
Property values increase in all areas of county
EVERETT — Assessment notices that hit the mail Friday showed rising property values in all areas of Snohomish…
Business
Marysville real estate firm gets FAA approval for drones
MARYSVILLE — The Federal Aviation Administration has given a Marysville real estate agency the green light to use…
Business
Ads for reverse mortgages can mislead, regulators say
WASHINGTON — We’ve seen the TV ad pitches from celebrities like “The Fonz” Henry Winkler and actor and…
Business
Scarce supply of homes boosts prices
Another month, another sign that it’s a seller’s market in Snohomish County.
Life
Look inside a pair of multimillion-dollar estates up for sale
SNOHOMISH — Here, in this oasis of rustic splendor, you can have it all.
Opinion
Close gap with capital gains tax
With little to show after one special session, legislators in Olympia have started the second by at least…
Local News
For Hastert, fortune grew from farmland
Former House speaker Dennis Hastert, who was indicted Thursday on charges of concealing bank withdrawals related to a…
Business
Pending home sales jump to strongest level in 9 years
WASHINGTON — Americans signed contracts to buy homes in April at the fastest pace in nearly nine years,…
Business
It’s a seller’s market as Snohomish County home prices rebound
Remember when the housing market collapsed?
Local News
Everett schools approve sale of building to YMCA
EVERETT — The Everett school board has approved a plan to sell its former administration building to the…
Local News
YMCA to buy Colby property for construction of new facility
EVERETT — The YMCA of Snohomish County has agreed to buy the Everett school district’s former administration building…
Local News
Signed offer on little Seattle house that $1M couldn’t buy
SEATTLE — The story of the little house that $1 million couldn’t buy appears about to have a…
Business
Snohomish County sees 35-percent increase in home sales
They should just put up the ‘For Sale’ signs with the ‘Sold’ placards already attached.
Business
U.S. construction spending drops 0.6 percent in March
WASHINGTON — U.S. construction fell in March as an increase in nonresidential construction was offset by declines in…
Business
U.S. new-home sales collapse in March
WASHINGTON — Sales of new U.S. homes plummeted in March, as the spring buying season opened with sharp…
Business
U.S. home sales bounce back in March
WASHINGTON — U.S. home sales bloomed in March after a brutal winter, a sign of possible newfound momentum…
Local News
No luck selling Everett School District’s historic Longfellow building
EVERETT — The Everett School District is still trying to sell the historic Longfellow building.
Business
High-speed internet added to Everett apartments
A Kirkland-based company is beginning to offer high-speed gigabit service in Everett.