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Index points to stability in housing market

Home prices are ending the year on a stable note, according to new data out Tuesday morning.

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Business offers tips on crime prevention

When real estate agent Beverly Carter went missing on Sept. 25, it sparked a viral social media campaign…

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Chinese wealth flows to Seattle suburbs

MEDINA — Savvy area real estate agents have gained an advantage by paying attention to the growing connections…

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Coast Equity purchases apartments for $25.5 million

EVERETT — Coast Equity Partners, an Everett-based commercial real estate company, has purchased the 152-unit BluWater Apartments in…

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New home sales up 0.7 percent in October

WASHINGTON — Sales of new U.S. homes edged up modestly in October, led by a big jump in…

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Matching home sellers with buyers

It’s like a matchmaking website.

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U.S. home sales rise in October

WASHINGTON — Americans bought homes in October at the briskest pace this year, a sign that the sluggish…

Local News

How could you refuse? Godfather house is for sale

NEW YORK — A New York City house featured in “The Godfather” is on the market for just…

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Former fire station in Stanwood on the market

STANWOOD — Here’s your chance to own a former fire station.

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Snohomish County sees 17 percent jump in home prices year-over-year

Snohomish County saw a spike in the price of sold homes in October compared with the same month…

Opinion

Fannie, Freddie, bankers back to old, dangerous tricks

Say we didn’t hear that. Say we didn’t hear that rules for mortgages guaranteed by the taxpayers are…

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…

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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…

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Poisonous spiders ooze from walls

WELDON SPRING, Mo. — A family was driven from their suburban St. Louis home by thousands of venomous…

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Fix up inherited house before putting it on the market

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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…

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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…