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Can we still avoid a recession?

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In addition, prices paid for transportation of products from China to the U.S. Now, this stressful aspect of transportation costs is gone and the fear of a downturn in the freight industry is taking hold. However, the biggest component of inflation isn’t the transportation cost of goods from China to the U.S.,

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Many residents struggle to find and keep a home that they can afford, accentuated by soaring housing prices since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Homes considered “affordable” tend to be at or below 80% of median family income levels and only 23,877 units have been constructed across the state since 2020 – about 3.3K 11am-7pm ; Sun.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

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. The figure was 37% lower than a year ago and, for context, the five-year average of new listings for the month just before the pandemic began was 4021.

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IS THE REAL ESTATE WINDOW CLOSING SHUT?

Will Springer Realtor

Buyers will likely snap up any home to be within walking distance of the new transportation hubs. Coincidentally, one of my listings currently is in the UDistrict, three blocks from the rail station. for a 2020 population of 149,900. >> A new survey found that 73 million Americans reside within a community association.

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A CALL FOR MORE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS AMID HOUSING CRUNCH

Will Springer Realtor

ADUs also help local economies by providing housing to people on the lower-to-middle economic scale to live within typically pricy urban areas that are closer to job centers and greater public transportation options. The number of new homes for sale fell 19% (4009) across the county from June to July and 9.5% year-on-year (YoY).

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

The median price in the West was $493,300, up 17% from March 2020. >> Well, NAHB reported in late April that lumber prices have more than doubled over the past 12 months, causing the price of an average new single-family home to increase by $35,872 on average. CONDO NEWS. >> A quarter of all U.S.

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JUST IN TIME: THE 15-MINUTE COMMUNITY

Will Springer Realtor

Create options for multiple modes of transport – bikes, cars and transit should all be factored in. David Goldberg, chair of the Land Use & Transportation Committee of the Seattle Planning Commission, is helping to lead the city’s own 15-minute neighborhood. Flipping the coin, in the fourth quarter of 2020, 1.8

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