Business
New-home sales close to flat in September
WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of new homes were nearly flat in September, after the government sharply revised downward…
Local News
County settles courthouse contract dispute for $232,000
EVERETT — Snohomish County leaders approved a $232,000 settlement Wednesday to resolve a contract dispute with the architectural…
Opinion
Limit woes of abandoned homes with a registry
Our mega-throwaway-society has expanded to include homes (old and abandoned, or newly mini-mansioned, or still under construction); apartment…
Opinion
Growth choices have to recognize homebuyers’ preferences
In an Oct. 9 guest commentary in The Herald, Kristin Kelly of Futurewise stated, “We all deserve the…
Local News
650 apartments planned at Seattle housing project
SEATTLE — Vulcan Real Estate has agreed to buy three blocks of the Yesler Terrace development from the…
Local News
Poisonous spiders ooze from walls
WELDON SPRING, Mo. — A family was driven from their suburban St. Louis home by thousands of venomous…
Business
Snohomish County home sales jump 15.5 percent
Pending sales for Snohomish County homes jumped 15.48 percent in September compared with the same month of the…
Local News
Work starting on 40-story Seattle apartment tower
SEATTLE — A developer is starting construction on a 40-story building in downtown Seattle that will hold about…
Business
New home sales soar in August
WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of new homes surged in August, led by a wave of buying in the…
Business
American elites fail to understand economy
WASHINGTON — Here are a few questions I’d like you to consider, and you don’t need to be…
Business
Apartment sector reduces home building
WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction plunged in August, led by steep decline in the volatile apartment category. But…
Business
For some young singles, mortgage easier to get than a credit card
Steven Ganley was lucky enough to earn his master’s degree in accounting from Duquesne University last year without…
Business
Drone’s aerial photography a marketing tool for selling homes
Real estate is a tough business, and Ryan Halset* is always looking for that something that will give…
Business
Average U.S. 30-year mortgage rate at 4.1 percent
WASHINGTON — The average 30-year U.S. mortgage rate remained at a 52-week low of 4.10 this week.
Business
U.S. housing recovery appears to be back on track
WASHINGTON — A fourth straight monthly increase in sales of existing homes provided the latest evidence Thursday that…
Local News
Boy Scout organization has right to sell camp in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that found a Boy Scout…
Business
Port gets new tenant for Waterfront Center
EVERETT — More than two-thirds of the Port of Everett’s Waterfront Center now has tenants.
Business
Churches flood into real estate market
Every year, about 7,000 churches in the United States close their doors, the Christian ministers’ organization Pastoral Care…