Developer Touchstone buys Cascade Natural Gas property for $9.2 million
The Seattle company said it has no immediate plans for the property in the South Lake Union neighborhood.
Developer buys former downtown headquarters of Immunex
Goodman Real Estate of Seattle has bought a six-story office/lab building on the downtown Seattle waterfront. Goodman paid Watumull Enterprises of Honolulu $6.85 million for the building, on University Street between Western Avenue and the Alaskan Way …
Key downtown Burien real-estate project faces foreclosure
Burien Town Square Condominium, a troubled condo and retail project heralded as a catalyst for reviving the city’s downtown, now faces foreclosure.
Gov’t proposes to curb home developer fees
The government is proposing to stop developers in most instances from collecting fees on the sale of homes they no longer own.
Mortgage rates hit low of 4.44 pct.
Mortgage rates sank to the lowest level in decades this week, pushed down by the Federal Reserve’s move to buy up government debt in a bid to lift the economic recovery.
July foreclosures surge 15% in Washington state
The number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure surged in July, another sign lenders are moving more quickly to take back properties from homeowners behind in payments.
Washington home sales surge in 2Q, but prices keep falling
Home sales in Washington surged in the second quarter compared to a year ago, but median prices continued to decline, according to a Washington State University report.
Median home prices up in 2Q for most US cities
Home prices rose in nearly two-thirds of U.S. cities in the second quarter of this year as buyers took advantage of tax incentives.
Mortgage applications nearly flat last week
Applications for home loans were almost flat last week even though mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades.
Fewer King County home sales in July, but median price rises
Buyers closed on 1,474 houses in King County last month, down 15 percent from a year ago, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. But the median price of the houses was $399,950, up 4 percent from last July.