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Home plan: The Palladian
This one-story home from Homeplans.com, seems tailor-made for a couple or small family with big style. The split…
Business
Amateur landlords can come to grief
Question: As you know, selling a home now is a tough business. We are considering renting out a…
Business
Business briefs: Home prices slipping in many areas
National home prices rose for the fifth month in a row in October, but the recovery is shaky…
Business
Snohomish County industries have hope for 2010
After a year of high unemployment and low expectations, Snohomish County showed signs late in 2009 that its…
Business
4 real estate rules for buyers
While the tumultuous real estate market has many people hunkered down hoping it will all blow over, proactive…
Business
FHA provided a much-needed safety net during a turbulent year
Every time the Department of Housing and Urban Development makes a change or looks at its financial stability,…
Business
Can the housing market rally last?
WASHINGTON — Extraordinary government efforts to stabilize the housing market are paying off. What happens when the help…
Local News
Wal-Mart to buy 24 acres in Monroe
MONROE— Wal-Mart will not only be coming to the city, it will own a part of it.
Business
Housing crisis comes into sharper focus
PHILADELPHIA — The housing downturn that began in 2005, 2006 or 2007 — depending on location — has…
Business
More folks buy previously owned homes
More people bought previously owned homes in November, the third increase in four months after the worst summer…
Business
Google buys office building for New York workers
NEW YORK — Google has bought a New York office building where more than 2,000 of its employees…
Business
Everett secures deal for new downtown hotel
EVERETT — It looks like it’s actually going to happen: Downtown Everett is going to get an upscale…
Local News
Everett secures deal for downtown hotel
EVERETT — It looks like it’s actually going to happen: Downtown Everett is going to get an upscale…
Business
Homebuyers wait for tax credit
Millions of first-time homebuyers scrambled into the market, hoping to grab an $8,000 tax credit. But IRS delays…
Business
When a real-estate partnership becomes a nightmare
Question: Last year, I purchased a home as tenants in common with a friend. I paid more than…
Business
New Chase center helps struggling homeowners
Chase, the consumer business of JPMorgan Chase, will open its first homeownership center in Seattle early next year…
Business
Financing makes mobile homes a tough sell
Question: I’m interested in buying a mobile home in a park. I’d like to know the advantages and…
Business
Thinking inside the box with modular housing
SEATTLE — Crowds gathered recently to watch a house take shape as six modules were craned into place.…
Business
It’s time to end prepayment penalties
“We bailed out the banks, so why don’t the banks bail out consumers?”
Local News
Number of homes taken back by lenders tumbles
LOS ANGELES — The number of U.S. homes taken back by lenders dropped to the lowest level in…