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Chicago Housing Styles

Rowe Appraisal Group

Real estate agents and appraisers alike often struggle to define the architectural style for unusual or unique properties. Have you ever gotten a new listing, took one look and started scratching your head and asking yourself how you are going to describe this to prospective clients?

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Chicago Housing Styles

Rowe Appraisal Group

Real estate agents and appraisers alike often struggle to define the architectural style for unusual or unique properties. Have you ever gotten a new listing, took one look and started scratching your head and asking yourself how you are going to describe this to prospective clients?

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

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. My favorite listing this month is this North Issaquah, 2-story gem – a 5-bed, 6.75-bath List: $4.45M ($575/sq. Fishing pier. Water wheel. Of course !

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100+ YEARS IN, ZONING LAWS INCH TOWARD HOUSING EQUITY

Will Springer Realtor

The first makes permanent a pandemic-related policy that exempts affordable housing from the design review process. First a look at September’s numbers: A wave of last-chance listings for the year hit the market after Labor Day. That increased new listings by 7.5% (2884 units) and available homes on the market by 12% (3602) from Sept.

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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 Designed by William J. And just to the East in the Spring District, Meta has committed to a total of 1.8

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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

Counties in and near Chicago and New York City were seen as the most vulnerable to today’s economic headwinds. New listings and housing supply are on the rise as buyer activity took a dive in September, based on the latest assessment of data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. List: $5.2M ($901/sq.

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PREDICTIONS, PARKING, POLLUTED PIPES

Will Springer Realtor

Only 1513 listings hit the market in the month for all home types, a devastating 30% decline in one month. The Eastside led the way with a 33% drop-off in new listings (420) and Seattle fell 31% (586). Here’s a “steal” – a new-build, white-brick 2-story beauty with 5-bedrooms, 5-bathrooms and 7058 sq. with basement).