Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The first successful zoning laws were established in 1916 to determine building heights in New York City, soon followed by the zoning of residential and business districts. The effort was led by lawyer Edward Bassett, who went on to develop freeways and parkways. Seattle alone saw a 29% (1213) monthly increase in new listings.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

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? Who has the right to buy the home?

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 13, 2023

It’s true, there is a welcome increase in new listings from month to month – up 18% across all home types in King from April and 19% higher for the single-family-home category – but isn’t that what you would expect in the typically busiest periods of the housing season? In March, 33% of homes listed for sale in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

urban centers remain mostly higher than in 2019. The national office vacancy rate stands at 16% through March , up from 11% at the end of 2019 – just before life changed for you, me and the world. We’ll have new incentives, and quite frankly, this will inform our budget,” he said. New single-family-home listings rose 3.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

While these are promising developments, there will always be the affordability question. Between 2011 and 2019, the median household income in our area increased by about 34% but housing prices jumped 78%. Microsoft has committed $750M since 2019 to help support the creation of more affordable homes in Seattle metro. CONDO NEWS.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

One aspect of rising housing prices is ballooning materials costs for new home builders. You have read here before how lumber prices have soared about 250% in the past year, prompting real concern among developers who are seeing profits dwindle. The average King County single-family listing sold in May 9.5% months (from 0.7)

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

It’s particularly true among homes priced at or below $500,000 in King County, where only 737 of those properties sold in August (36% fewer than in August 2019). The good news comes from major national builders who have shared their forecasts for growth in the coming years. in the last 12 months. in the last 12 months.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

The King County housing market has seen inventory increase by 55% in the past month, while the number of homes going under contract fell 22% from May to the lowest June level since 2011. While the number of new listings in June jumped 8.2% The fresh data show a clear slowing of the housing market. since May and down 22% YoY.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

Urban planners have a name for it: the 15-minute neighborhood and it is already in development in parts of the country, including Seattle. Where would you like to see this type of neighborhood development? increase in single-family permits over 2019. >> Make sure residents can get to their employer and to a jobs center.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The House version, HB 1782 , is backed by developer and Realtor® lobbyists, Habitat for Humanity and environmental groups, according to The Seattle Times. in 2019, the amount of vacant office space has grown each quarter to finish 2021 at 11.6% (excluding available sub-lease space), a level not seen in the city since 2012. CONDO NEWS.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As part of the project, developers are sketching out plans for a pair of office towers at least 41 stories tall on a 4.6-acre New listings are up 6.3% Condo sales are in a similar boat, with new listings higher – by 4.3% across King and up 17% in Seattle and the Eastside – while active listings are falling 3.3%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

The narrow area known as Westlake, just west of Lake Union (and, notably, close to Facebook, Google and Amazon offices), has seen the number of people aged 25-34 double from 2010 to 2019 and now comprise 52% of its residents. Apple opened its doors in April to a new building on Dexter Avenue North, site of the former KING-TV studios.

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