Seattle’s high rank was due largely to its good air quality — ranked second in the nation — and GDP per capita, ranked third.

According to NWMLS President Justin Haag, the change is about increasing transparency among brokers and clients.

The pace of home-price appreciation slowed to its most modest pace since 2023, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index. 

Merit Homes won a Gold Award — the highest honor — for Best Multifamily Housing Community, 30 to 60 Dwelling Units per Acre, for Bloom – Rose Hill in Kirkland.

The Puget Sound area’s most expensive home sales last month were located in Clyde Hill, Bellevue and Washington Park.

Fraud appears in many different forms across various industries, and unfortunately, real estate is no exception.

Potential buyers of the second- and third-most expensive new listings in Seattle would be neighbors, living on the same waterfront street.

In Seattle, home prices jumped 4.15% year over year and 1.78% month over month in March. 

Windermere was the only real estate company on the list, which ranked the top 30 corporate philanthropists in the Puget Sound region and included giants like Microsoft, Amazon and Costco.

Nationally, home sales slid 1.4% year over year but increased 11.3% month over month, RE/MAX said. 

A $12.5 million home on Hunts Point tops the list of the most expensive Seattle-area home sales last month.

Space constraints are, of course, part of the reason for micro-housing’s meteoric rise in Seattle and many other West Coast hubs, where land for new development is limited and affordability is low.

New CFO Tim Dieffenbecher previously served with CEO Chris Czarnecki at Broadstone Net Lease and Broadstone Real Estate. 

Building a luxury real estate brand starts with a luxurious website, says Malte Kramer, founder and CEO of Luxury Presence.

The cleaning brand analyzed factors like population density, the prevalence of pests like rodents and cockroaches, vandalism, litter, air quality and water quality.

Many of the priciest new listings this month are waterfront properties, including a $5.7 million home floating in Lake Union and a $4.3 million condo houseboat at Roanoke Reef.