The legislation, passed in an 8-0 vote, is another win for Mayor Katie Wilson’s ongoing affordability agenda.

Jeff Tucker, principal economist at Windermere Real Estate, shares a Local Look at the unusually slow summer that followed a weak spring selling season across the Northwest MLS region.

SKCR advocated for an amendment that would target those predatory actors without restricting legitimate real estate communications.

A total of 24,888 homes were on the market across the region during the month, boosted by 11,517 new listings.

Eastrail Flats was among the big winners at the annual Gold Nugget Awards, presented at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference on July 29.

Economist Matthew Gardner joins Seattle Agent to discuss factors making waves in the national real estate climate, like the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, plus local themes like the importance of proper pricing.

So far this year, RSIR boasts an average listing sale price of $1.877 million, an average listing-side closed price of $1.405 million and an average buyer-side closed price of $1.310 million.

Nationally, home-price growth topped 1% for the first time in 2026.

Wall has been a major player in the national real estate community for nearly 30 years, previously having held leadership roles with Anywhere Real Estate, REMAX and Douglas Elliman.

Nationally, home sales in the 51 metro areas surveyed by REMAX showed measured growth of 8.9% month over month and 7.8% year over year, REMAX said. 

Last month, greater Seattle’s priciest home sale was a Mercer Island mansion with 101 feet of Lake Washington water frontage.

The city boasted a median income of $93,717 for graduates — higher than nearly any other large city in the country — plus 477 leisure establishments and 9 coworking spaces for every 100,000 residents.

Buyers in Northwest Washington had more homes to choose from than in any previous month of the year, according to the latest data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

The hearing will determine whether Zillow can continue enforcing its ban on MRED’s listing feed while its lawsuit against Compass and MRED proceeds toward trial. 

Nationally, the median list price slipped 2.4%, marking the eighth month in a row of declines. 

S&P Dow Jones Indices noted that inflation outpaced national home-price appreciation for the 11th month in a row.