Real Estate

Would you buy a house with your best friend?

Not your spouse, but a close friend or another couple. That's one way Washington residents want to navigate the state's housing market.

Seattle sellers can 'kick back and let the market' decide what people will pay for their homes

Imagine paying $1 million for a house. Now, imagine paying $1 million plus the more than $2 million the owners already wanted

Environment

Seattle mayor proposes new climate measures to tackle pollution from traffic and buildings

At the global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced policies she says will take a big bite out of Seattle’s climate-harming emissions from buildings and cars.

In a hot NW housing market, even isolated Point Roberts is seeing prices sizzle

How hot is the Pacific Northwest real estate market? So hot that even in an isolated exclave such as Point Roberts, Washington, home prices are sizzling and some properties are changing hands sight unseen.

Business

Bellevue grabs attention of international investors

Downtown Bellevue has attracted the attention of investors around the world. Amazon has promised to put 25,000 employees there by 2025. New light rail service there could carry 50,000 people a day by 2030. All that change has raised Bellevue’s visibility on the global stage. One Bellevue realtor has been fielding a lot of calls recently from China.