Chris Sudore
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
While popular opinion held that higher mortgage interest rates would cool housing prices, that’s not the reality here. Prices are high, inventory is low, and it’s a whole new market to adjust to in Seattle real...
Following a year in which housing inventory was low, forecasts for 2024 show a market that’s about to loosen up.
The biggest driver will be more predicted cuts in the interest rate. Following the interest rate dropped below 7 percent in December, economists...
This past year has defied just about every accepted real estate model. Nothing is normal, every day is new and changeable.
The Seattle market is one of the strongest and most stable in the country, but when you look below the surface, it gets a little trickie...
With each new phase of the post-pandemic world, we’ve been told there’s a new normal. Our new normal in Seattle real estate is absolutely all over the place.
At first glance, the data tells us we’re in a fast-charging seller's market. Real estate anal...
By Chris Sudore
Tuesday, April 3, 2023 7:30 PM
Chris Sudore
The Seattle real estate market has another new look. We left 2022 in a strong buyer’s market, with houses sitting on the market for longer than we’ve seen in the past decade. Our neighborhood...
By Chris Sudore
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:18 PM
Chris Sudore
As we end a year that saw the real estate landscape change dramatically, it’s time to recalibrate expectations about t...
By Chris Sudore
Thursday, September 8, 2022 3:09 PM
Chris Sudore
It has been a high-speed chase in the real estate market — in Seattle and elsewhere — for the past few years, with escalatin...
By Chris Sudore
Thursday, August 11, 2022 5:50 PM
It finally happened: The fever broke. With the rise in interest rates, the Seattle real estate market has experienced a cool-off.
Don’t panic...
You’ve heard it all before. The pandemic upended everything, including residential real estate. It seemed like everyone needed more space. For those who could work from home, it meant buying without thinking about commute times or access to transit and was s...
Greater Seattle continues to experience a very active real estate market with a shortage of inventory plaguing the region.
Continued low interest rates and a strong job market drive our housing market with new hires coming in from out of state for high ...