Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Local News
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…
Local News
Cuba home woes endure despite real-estate reform
HAVANA — The residents of 308 Oquendo Street were jolted awake in the middle of the night by…
Business
Expert advice on how to sail through an appraisal
Real estate appraiser Matt Cook just finished working his way through a house to gauge its value when…
Business
Housing starts increased in March
Builders broke ground on more new homes nationwide in March, although the increase missed expectations.
Business
Former Herald land, buildings sold
EVERETT — The former Daily Herald properties in downtown Everett were purchased by Skotdal Real Estate in a…
Business
Contracts to buy U.S. homes fell in February
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell for the eighth straight month…
Local News
Soil stability and other issues could derail sale of mill site
EVERETT — Sale of the Kimberly-Clark Corp. waterfront mill site is not a done deal.
Business
Wells Fargo to pay $3 million for ‘shocking’ foreclosure
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico judge has issued a $3.2 million judgment against Wells Fargo &Co. for…
Business
Pending home sales in county fall
Pending sales for homes and condominiums in Snohomish County dropped in February from the same month a year…
Business
L.A. firm buys Paine Field apartments
EVERETT — A 352-unit apartment complex near Paine Field was purchased by a Los Angeles investment firm that…
Business
‘Downtown Dennis’ is Everett’s rocking real estate agent
Dennis Wagner was a 1960s garage rocker who opened for The Byrds and appeared on television with Sonny…