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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

Housing affordability decreased in 45 of the 50 states from 2012 to 2019. Washington state now (right) has less than 45% of all households able to afford the median priced home (as of 2019, when the state’s median figure was more than $100,000 less than today). POTENTIAL TAX SAVINGS. percentage points.

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

The pandemic has made attaining ownership more difficult, particularly in housing-starved Seattle (pictured) and across King County where the number of homes on the market (Active listings) has trended lower for most of the past decade-plus. With scarcity comes price appreciation. What is the answer? What happens then? BY THE NUMBERS. >>

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

just as Google opens another office building in Kirkland and Microsoft expands its 120-structure Redmond campus with plans for 17 new office buildings. All this tech construction gives new meaning to IT architecture! “A BY THE NUMBERS. >> The average size of a newly constructed single-family home is now 2524 sq.

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SEATTLE ‘WALKING’ TOWARDS URBAN CONNECTEDNESS

Will Springer Realtor

A concrete and steel cover connecting First Hill to downtown, for example, would reduce traffic noise, potentially add more parkland and encourage construction of new housing. New owners here spend an average of $232.5K The few homes that are available are selling quickly and at or above list price.” While there were 5.8%

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