| Nearly 40 percent of Puget Sound homeowners underwater |
| Nearly 40 percent of homeowners in the Puget Sound area owe are underwater on their mortgage, according to Seattle-based real estate website Zillow. About nine percent of those owe more than double what their home is actually worth. The findings are part of a nationwide first quarter 2012 negative equity report. It found 49.2 percent of Pierce County homeowners are underwater, followed by ... |
| 05/24/2012 |
| Snoqualmie vote clears way for final Old Mill annex decision; comp plan amendment proposed |
| The former Weyerhaeuser mill at Snoqualmie Falls is one last step away from being part of Snoqualmie city limits. Snoqualmie City Council put the final prerequisite into place Monday, May 14, with a 4-2 vote approving the interlocal agreement with King County. Passage of the resolution sealing the deal means the city can now consider a final annex ordinance, along with a change to the Snoqualmie ... |
| 05/24/2012 |
| House prices rise in King County, surge in Seattle |
| House prices rise in King County, surge in Seattle Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 04:31 p.m., Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
| 05/05/2012 |
| QFC blocks new liquor stores from some shopping centers |
| QFC is using its legal right under a new state law to keep private liquor stores from operating in the same shopping center as its grocery locations, The Seattle Times reports. Real estate brokers say QFC is enforcing contracts at Klahanie Shopping Center in Issaquah and the Totem Lake area of Kirkland. Voters approved Initiative 1183 last fall allowing stores larger than 10,000 square feet to ... |
| 05/22/2012 |
| Home prices down in Seattle area, nationwide |
| Home prices down in Seattle area, nationwide Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:48 a.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| 04/26/2012 |
| Critics of mayor's proposals see cure for 'malady we don't suffer' |
| Some residents fear that a package of land-use and zoning changes now before the Seattle City Council would not only wipe out the remaining stock of historic homes, but also allow entire blocks of ground-floor retail such as check-cashing and convenience stores on what are quiet residential streets. |
| 05/22/2012 |
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