Seattle King County Realtors (SKCR) has named Realtor Tom Bernard its Q4 “Good Neighbor” for his volunteer work with Ballard Food Bank.

As of Sept. 30, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) had collected $229.6 in dues from its 1.542 million members, according to a RealTrends report.

Among the 51 metro areas surveyed in October, closed transactions were down 6.4% from September, nearly twice the average pre-pandemic decline of 3.3% between 2015 and 2019, RE/MAX said, citing its National Housing Report.

Seattle real estate agent Brad Davis was named to the inaugural LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance’s Top Producers list. The list, which honors more than 200 individual agents and teams, was created with RealTrends to become the industry’s only recognition of top-producing LGBTQ+ and ally members

Washington’s priciest listing, located in Hunts Point just outside of Seattle, recently sold for $23.5 million after 94 days on the market, according to a report on Realtor.com.

The world’s wealthiest dog is about to get a little richer. Worth nearly half a billion dollars, the German shepherd named Gunther VI recently listed the former Miami estate of Madonna for $31.75 million, according to a press release.

Limited housing inventory and new net demand have caused home prices to surge in King County, according to Matthew Gardner, chief economist for Windermere. 

Washington is home to the 10th most expensive ZIP code in the United States, according to a new PropertyShark report. The annual report ranks the 100 priciest ZIP codes in the U.S.

Seattle King County Realtors (SKCR) recently announced Dr. Ben Danielson as the 83rd recipient of the Seattle-King County First Citizen Award. 

Seattle was ranked as one of the top “boomtowns” in America for 2021, according to a study by SmartAsset. Washington’s Vancouver, Bellingham, Tacoma and Spokane Valley also made the list.  The study analyzed data from 500 of the country’s

Real estate brokers are “detecting indecisiveness by some buyers who are getting mixed ‘work from home’ messages from their employers,” according to a report by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This hesitancy, coupled with cooler, wetter weather and

Seattle King County REALTORS® (SKCR) has partnered with the REALTORS® Relief Foundation (RRF) to raise money for disaster victims who need housing-related assistance. These fundraising efforts are part of RRF’s Hope Rising campaign in celebration of its 20th anniversary.

Atlanta’s Rodney Mason, who serves as vice president of mortgage lending with Guaranteed Rate, was named treasurer of the nonprofit, while Anita Blue, who works as an agent and credit restoration consultant at Cap Tex Realty, was named national vice president.

Wine connoisseurs in search of a winery to call their own may be in luck, as this $2.6 million winery estate is up for grabs just 16 miles northeast of Seattle. 

As the economy slowly recovers from the throes of COVID-19, home inventory in Western Washington has begun to slowly regenerate and sales are increasing. Despite this, the market still favors home sellers, according to a report by Matthew Gardner, Windermere Real Estate’s chief economist.

Rental prices are surging to an all-time high after dropping considerably in 2020 due to the pandemic. In September, median rents in the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. jumped 13.6% compared to the same month last year,