Washington RealEstateRama
Washington state continues crackdown on title insurers
Four title insurers in Washington state face nearly $300,000 in fines after being accused by the state's Insurance Commission of violating a rule that...
100 Percent Mortgage Financing Still Available in Washington and Oregon
Reality Homes offers affordable options for building your new home
FIFE, Wash., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Troubles in the U.S. mortgage industry nationwide have caused...
More Ameriquest Money To Go To Washington Residents
OLYMPIA – Attorney General Rob McKenna and Scott Jarvis, Director of the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), announced - July 12 - that more than...
KCCHA cancels Noll Road affordable housing plans
POULSBO — A major Noll Road development planned by the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority has been cancelled, and nearby residents are expressing their...
Enterprise Community Investment Makes Strategic Investment in Seattle’s Central Area Neighborhood
Financing Demonstrates New Model for Workforce Housing Development and Green Communities
SEATTLE, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle's Central Area Neighborhood gets an economic boost from...
Mayor has new housing help plan
In an attempt to encourage developers to build more affordable housing for middle-income workers, Mayor Greg Nickels has released a revamped version of Seattle's...
Seattle Downtown Commercial Bonus Program
This program allows additional density for office and hotel developments in exchange for affordable housing and childcare for lower-wage workers.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Downtown Commercial Bonus...
The Olympia City Council will vote on sale of land for apartment building
Downtown Olympia’s core is on the brink of getting its first market-rate housing in more than three decades. The Olympia City Council is scheduled...
Property owners begin voting on Broadway LID this week
A group of property owners began to cast their votes yesterday on whether to move forward with a $14 million project that would bring...
Broadway Neighborhood Local Improvement District (LID)
A Local Improvement District (LID) provides a way for property owners to get together to pay for street and alley paving, sanitary sewers, street...
Housing costs have risen beyond the reach of many
Average Seattle incomes aren't keeping up with rising housing costs and home ownership and rental opportunities are moving beyond the reach of wageworkers.
That fact...
Port officials say no tax increase expected for $300 million Tacoma project
Your taxes won’t increase to pay for the Port of Tacoma’s expansion.
At least that’s what port executive director Tim Farrell and most of its...
Developer scraps $215 million project for former Evergreen Airport
Redevelopment plans for the former Evergreen Airport site in east Vancouver have crashed.
Opus Northwest, the project's developer, has backed out of the proposed $215...
County offered to buy 162 units near Sea-Tac Airport
The Port of Seattle has rejected an offer by King County to purchase and preserve 162 apartments in Burien with rents that are affordable...
What Olympia could learn from other renewal projects
Five years ago, downtown Bremerton was a ghost town. Shops and restaurants had left the city’s center when suburban strip malls opened in the...
Port Gardner Wharf moves ahead
With the sun shining on the glistening waters of Port Gardner Bay and the smell of saltwater commingling with the muted cry of seagulls...
