Seattle Housing
Increase in Tech-related Jobs Creates Sustained Housing Demand
As Housing Trends Normalize, Tech Titans Continue to Drive Demand into Seattle.
Sponsored by Realogics Sensational headlines too quick to call for a housing downturn may face pushback from expansion in the tech industry. Seattle remains the top tech-30 market in North America, according to the CBRE Tech Report, with high-tech jobs expanding 26 percent over the last two years. Colliers Research is tracking nearly 6.5 million…
The Vanishing Dream of Home Ownership
Looking for a newly built, traditional single-family home in the Seattle market? Good luck with that!
With land to build new housing becoming scarcer in the Puget Sound region, competition among builders is getting tougher. Its like a knife fight in a phone booth, says Ken Krivanec, president of Bellevue-based Quadrant Homes. Ultimately, the victim may be the American dream of owning a single-family home. For many in the Northwest, the…