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Despite Falling Rates, King County Housing Market Flops to End Forgettable Year

Will Springer Realtor

Perhaps too late in the year to make a difference to many, at least the Fed’s upbeat forecast offers renewed hope for the pent-up pool of prospective buyers – possibly sellers, too – to seek out a new home in the coming 12 months. Inventory fell in terms of months of supply across the county. months’ inventory was available as of Jan.

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2024 Updated UAD and URAR – What does It Mean for You?

Appraisal Today

The overall timeline has not changed; however, we wanted to provide the industry with more milestone details to help in development, testing and training to prepare for the new UAD and Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR). To see the timeline (from 2018 to 2026) PDF, Click Here Too large to include in this newsletter.

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

With each stall in a commercial garage costing tens of thousands of dollars to build, parking requirements can impose significant costs on property developers, owners and renters. Rather than allocating parking that goes unused, developers could propose sharing available space in nearby buildings. What does it mean to buyers?

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IS THE REAL ESTATE WINDOW CLOSING SHUT?

Will Springer Realtor

I also heard the same question from buyers this year. While early to mid-spring was frenzied – featuring waves of cash-carrying buyers with their contingency-absent offers – the housing environment settled down to a somewhat civilized pace by September and likely for the next few months. Estimated opening is 2026.

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

Well, I am only a single real estate professional with one opinion but, for me, the solution includes enacting a blend of corporate and federal dollars toward incentivizing the development of affordable for-purchase housing that targets under-served communities whose residents would otherwise find homeownership difficult to achieve.

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