Posts by Emily Marek

NWMLS elects officers for 2025 board of directors

The Northwest Multiple Listing Service elected officers for its 2025 board of directors, with David Maider named chairperson of the...

Downtown Seattle rents increase amid Amazon return-to-office mandate

Redfin says it’s too soon to tell if Amazon’s policy will affect rental demand,...

How much did it cost to build a new home in 2024?

What exactly goes into homebuilding costs, and how do those costs translate to profits for builders — and home prices for...

Mark Willis steps down as CEO and president of Keller Williams, transitions to chief leadership officer

Willis initially served as president from 2002 to 2005 and as CEO from 2005 to 2014. He then resumed the post of CEO in November 2023 and took over as president again in March of last...

Toll Brothers announces luxury townhome community in Woodinville

Construction is underway at Woodinville Square, a luxury townhome community from Toll...

NWMLS: 2024 in review

The annual review from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service reveals that new listings, sales and prices all increased annually in...

Will 2025 be the year Lake Washington clears its ‘phantom inventory’?

Lake Washington is full of “phantom inventory,” defined as listings that aren’t sellable at their current...

Metropolist Real Estate joins Compass

A group of 28 agents, Metropolist has closed over $1.22 billion in sales in the past decade and was named one of the Top 25 LGBTQ-Owned Businesses by the Puget Sound Business Journal in...

Toll Brothers announces new community in Bellevue

The builder will construct 11 four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom homes with two-car garages that range from 2,864 to over 3,000 square...

The 2025 SP 200: Power players in Seattle real estate

OB Jacobi and Jill and Geoff Wood, co-presidents of Windermere Real Estate, were the highest ranking Seattle leaders on the list at No....

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