Seattle Housing Market Archives - REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATES

Seattle’s “first-come, first-served” Rental Law Rejected by Judge

Judge rejects Seattle’s ‘first-come, first-served’ rental law as unconstitutional Choosing a tenant “is a fundamental attribute of property ownership,”...

Get Ready for Higher Property Taxes in King County

The largest property-tax increase in King County in modern history is about to go into effect: King County property...

The Seattle Rental Market – A Look Back and Forward to 2018

The Seattle Rental Market – A Look Back and Forward to 2018 As we enter our 28th year in...

Americans Moving Less

Though you wouldn’t know it based on the influx of new residents and construction of high-rise apartment buildings in...

Tiny Houses for Seattle’s Homeless

Check out this article in Yes! Magazine to see how some local Seattle folks are taking a grassroots approach...

How the GOP Tax Cut Affects Homeowners

According to this article in Business Insider, both the House and Senate versions of the GOP tax cut will...

New Regulations for Short-Term Rentals

In addition to the new Airbnb and other short-term rental taxes voted on by the City Council last month,...

New Tax for Airbnb Rentals

On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted in favor of a per-night tax on short-term rental properties, such as...

Another Seattle Landlord Tenant Regulation is Proposed

Seattle set to prevent landlords from considering applicants’ criminal records A Seattle City Council committee approved legislation Tuesday that...

Seattle is #1 Housing Market – Once Again

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-chugs-along-as-americas-hottest-home-market-despite-slowing-a-bit/ As written in the Seattle Times: Even as local home-price gains slowed for the fourth straight month, the...

Best Rental Improvements for Top Dollar Rent in Seattle

Best Rental Improvements for Top Dollar Rent in Seattle https://rpapropertymanagementblog.com/best-rental-improvements-top-dollar-rent-seattle-wa/ To earn top rent in the Seattle market, you...

Someone found some humor in the Seattle rental market

‘Sweet deal’: Ad for $2,000-a-month gingerbread house in Central District is the satire we all need right now For...

Seattle Property Management News: What is the New “First in Time” Ordinance?

An important update that will soon affect landlords, property managers and owners of rental property located inside the Seattle...

Seattle’s Rental Law and Unintended Consequences — as reported by The Seattle Times

The first-come, first served renter’s law has the best of intentions. But sometimes interventions in the economy can go...

As housing costs soar, Seattle becomes nation’s top roommate city — as reported by The Seattle Times

As living solo becomes more expensive, finding a roommate is essential for many city residents. Seattle now ranks No....

Most Home Buyers Keep Their Options Open, Consider Renting Instead — as reported by Puget Sound Business Journal

SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — In today’s competitive housing market, most of those who moved recently considered both...

Seattle Energy Benchmarking & Reporting

All mid-size to large apartment and commercial buildings in the city of Seattle are required to report energy consumption....

City of Seattle Vs Airbnb – the future of short term stay rentals in Seattle is on the line

Over the last few years, all of us who are in the Seattle property management business have seen the...

Fewer and fewer failed construction projects remain

September of 2007 is widely recognized as the market peak for the Seattle area real estate market in both...

What is the right amount to save for a down payment on a home?

There was a good, national article posted in the Times over the weekend that talks about the amount of...

Seattle Rents = 50% of San Francisco Median Rents

Zumper National Rent Report: March 2016 San Francisco, CA rent prices increased 2.6% this February to reach a median...

Approval of 12-story Pioneer Square building overturned

Seattle’s approval of 12-story Pioneer Square building overturned Seattle’s deputy hearing examiner called the city’s approval of construction of...

Investors With Cash Edging Out First-Time Home Buyers

Investors With Cash Edging Out First-Time Home Buyers During the housing bust, investors pounced on foreclosures and short sales-houses...

As elsewhere – RPA sees a lack of housing inventory a game changer

For February – Depleted inventory is contributing to “overwhelming” traffic at open houses, shifts in strategies for both buyers...

Shortage of homes for sale pushes prices upward, buyers outward

Shortage of homes for sale pushes prices upward, buyers outward The low inventory of homes for sale has turned...

Seattle area home-price gains outpace national rate

The average price of existing single-family homes in the Seattle area jumped 1.2 percent in November from the previous...

Opponents decry proposed 12-story Pioneer Square tower

‘Miami Beach on Elliott Bay’? Opponents decry proposed 12-story Pioneer Square building Foes of the new building planned for...

RPA is leasing many properties for Chinese buyers – As reported in the Times

With volatility and devaluation at home, Chinese investors have become the No. 1 foreign purchasers of U.S. real estate,...

Great South Lake Union Comparison in the Times Today – How Times Have Changed!

South Lake Union’s transformation — largely fueled by the growth of its highest-profile employer, Amazon — has had a...

Rising rents, rising towers push out tenants of modest means

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rising-rents-rising-towers-push-out-tenants-of-modest-means/ By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle Times business reporter When a developer demolishes the century-old Williamsburg Court Apartments in downtown...

Wall Street buyers snap up thousands of local homes for rentals

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/wall-street-buyers-snap-up-thousands-of-local-homes-for-rentals/ By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle Times business reporter Last April, amid the region’s tightest housing supply in a decade,...

Census surprise: Seattle the most affordable big city for renters

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/census-surprise-seattle-the-most-affordable-big-city-for-renters/ By Gene Balk Seattle Times news librarian How bad is the plight of the Seattle renter? As reported...

Visions for the U District: taller, vital and still funky

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022357441_udistrictfuturexml.html City planning efforts for the University District envision more density around a future light-rail station and buildings up...

Apartment Market Tightens as Housing Costs Jump

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303643304579107691208150088.html By DAWN WOTAPKA Landlords passed along hefty rent increases to tenants this summer, an indication that rising home-buying...

Local apartment rents continue climbing

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-apartment-rents-continue-climbing Rent hikes in King County show no signs of letting up, despite a huge wave of new apartments....

Scammers right at home in sizzling rental market

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/news/scammers-right-at-home-in-sizzling-rental-market/ The Craigslist ads and the emails from the alleged landlords are often full of grammatical errors, but the...

5.8 Percent Jump in Rents in Seattle Area

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021308680_rentpricesxml.html Despite the construction of more new apartments this year than in any year in the past two decades,...