Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 10, 2023

The number of new listings for all home types – single-family, townhomes and condos combined – in King (887) fell 47% from November and declined 36% from December 2021. Homes going under contract (Pending sales) dropped 25% from the previous month and by 30% year-on-year (YoY) – staggering drop-offs. on the Eastside ($1.1M).

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Builders are trying to catch up and, according to federal officials , there are more housing units under construction today than at any time in the last 50 years. An annual survey released this month by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said renters put the probability of ever owning a home at 40%, down from 44% last year.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

You are not going to get people to come back into the office to the same degree as they did before 2020. Our urban area accounts for about half of the city’s economic activity, and the Seattle Chamber noted that rising office vacancies coupled with less construction could lead to $2B in decreased revenue. The city was No.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The number of new listings of all home types (single-family, townhome and condo) in King County climbed 6.4% (1866 units) from January to February, as expected, and total inventory at the start of March (2064) was 111% higher than a year ago. This, along with higher building costs, will lead to a construction slowdown this year.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

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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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 9, 2024

1, that requires buyers wishing to work with a licensed real estate broker to sign a services contract. The pact clarifies certain terms, including whether they will have an exclusive contract with the broker or non-exclusive, and how brokers will be compensated for their services. (I Olympia also established a law, effective Jan.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Some smaller construction companies are heavily burdened by rising costs for everything from lumber and steel to fuel and labor amid a lack of available employees. One-tenth surveyed said they have added language to contracts that require buyers to share in the materials costs if they continue to rise. BY THE NUMBERS. >>

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

month backlogs of contract work, as of Q4 (latest data available), which is down from the peak of 4.8 The number of new April listings for all home types in King County (2638) was 10% lower than the previous month, at a time of year when spring real estate activity should be taking off. And, opening this year, Graystone.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

They include shortages caused by restrictive zoning that limit the number and type of housing units built on a given parcel, a “not in my backyard” resistance to new construction in traditionally single-family-home neighborhoods, and layers of regulations, processes and fees that dissuade developers from building in certain areas.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

The commodities market saw prices reach an all-time high of $1711 per thousand board feet in early May of this year after a pre-pandemic price of $303 (March 2020). King County’s 855 single-family permits marked an 8% increase over Q1 of 2020, while Snohomish County’s 656 permits were just 5% above a year ago. >> A whopping 3.8

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Construction could start as soon as 2022 on an ambitious three-tower project known as Cloudvue. for a 2020 population of 149,900. >> A new survey found that 73 million Americans reside within a community association. since this time in 2020. New listings are up 6.3% Newcastle had a healthy 4.2%

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

percentage points over the 58 cumulative months of a recession between 1980 and 2020: Average 30-year mortgage rates stood at 5.3% The market recalibration continues across King County with a sharp drop in new listings, Pending sales and closings while prices decline. CONDO NEWS. year-on-year (YoY).

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Now, home builders would need to construct as many as 1.2 This was the fastest pace for combined single-family and multi-family construction since June 2006. The median price in the West was $493,300, up 17% from March 2020. >> million more home listings across the U.S. We are on the right track. million units.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Suburban residents can be almost assured of the peaceful enjoyment of their home without worrying about a neighbor constructing a rollercoaster or baseball stadium next door. >> A full 19,396 apartment units are under construction in Seattle metro, according to a Q2 report from Berkadia, a U.S. . = Zoning laws in the U.S.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. County economists forecast a 2024 decline in new construction, slipping to $9.9B

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