Hokanson has led the organization for 20 years and led the merger with the former Kittitas Realtor association.

Compass originally filed its lawsuit against the NWMLS in April 2025, alleging the listing service was a “monopolist” violating “homeowner choice”; NWMLS filed a counterclaim nearly a year later, claiming Compass’ three-phase listing strategy breached state law.

This month, we’re looking at the priciest new listings in Bellevue, led by a $10.3 million condo at the Park Row community.

New features include an AI-powered search, direct broker attribution and an agent/brokerage directory. All NWMLS listings will also be broadcast on Cribio’s national platform.

The Emerald City the place with the smallest apartments in the nation — smaller even, than San Francisco.

The pace of home-price growth rose nationally but with significant regional differences.

Specifically, the order cuts red tape around building permits, launches a new housing production task force and advances active efforts currently underway in Seattle.

Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty is exclusively handling sales.

Seattle ranked seventh among large cities — those with over 300,000 residents — behind Charlotte, Irvine, Raleigh, Henderson, Fort Worth and Nashville.

This month, we’re looking exclusively at luxury condominium sales across the greater Seattle area.

Pending sales dropped 15.6% — the largest decline in the country.

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.