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Why This Fall Is a Big Opportunity for Buyers
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The housing market has been fiercely competitive over the last few months, but hopeful buyers who keep getting shut out may soon find better luck.
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Mortgage Rates Back Above 3%. Will They Keep Rising?
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The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.01% this week, posting a sharp rise after spending nearly four months below 3%
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Private Residential Spending Keeps Rising in August
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NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending rose 0.4% in August
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The Housing Boom Is Not A Bubble
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The housing boom is not a bubble—but prices are likely to fall when interest rates rise.
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Property Watch: Join the Small Living Movement in Bend
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A super-energy-efficient development on Bend’s Westside, with views of Pilot Butte and Drake Park
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Northgate light rail station opens as Sound Transit forges ahead on expansion
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A trio of new light rail stations opened on Saturday, marking the debut of a long-awaited Northgate light rail expansion.
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Not All Homeowners Fetch the Same Return on Their Investment—and There’s One Big Reason Why
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Many studies have investigated how disparities in homeownership rates among Black and Latino Americans, as compared with their white peers, contribute to the country’s broader racial wealth gap.
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Supply crunch hits would-be homebuyers, makes renting cheaper
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In about half of the country’s largest cities, median rent is less than the average monthly mortgage of a starter home.
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Seattle-area home prices take biggest 12-month jump ever; here’s where they’re zooming up fastest
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Seattle has clocked another month of record-breaking home price growth — and that’s not good news for everybody.
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Sammamish, like many suburban Seattle cities, gripped by development fight as region’s population booms
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Growth and development have long driven heated community and political debates on the plateau stretching from Lake Sammamish to the Cascade foothills.
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Q&A Corner: 2021 Real Estate in a Digital Age report
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Whether it makes our lives easier, improves our productivity, or opens new opportunities and communication, technology has become a staple in our daily lives, and it is no different in the world of real estate.
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Instant Reaction: Mortgage Rates, September 30, 2021
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Mortgage rates rose sharply this week following the trend of the 10-year Treasury yield. Specifically, according to the finance mortgage provider Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 3.01% from 2.88% the previous week.
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S&P/Case-Shiller OR-Portland Home Price Index
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S&P/Case-Shiller WA-Seattle Home Price Index
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