Tech and business leaders in the Seattle region are proposing a new plan to build middle-income housing and alleviate the city’s affordability crisis. They laid out their proposed solutions in… Read More
As two of the world’s most valuable companies, Amazon and Microsoft have created mind-boggling wealth and economic vitality in the Seattle region. But around them, housing prices have skyrocketed and… Read More
Big tech companies are stepping in to help solve the housing crunch in the face of mounting frustration from their communities, where big increases in home prices and homelessness are… Read More
Over the past decade, the Seattle area has been adding jobs much faster than housing, resulting in much more demand than supply. The market, as Microsoft President Brad Smith sees… Read More
Microsoft President Brad Smith formally announced the company’s unprecedented $500 million commitment to support affordable housing development in the Seattle region at an event Thursday. “Every day for 40 years,… Read More
Microsoft is dedicating $500 million to fund construction of affordable homes and homeless services in the Seattle region in an effort to alleviate a growing housing crisis driven by the city’s… Read More
Two tech hubs, two crises of homelessness, two taxes on big business, two very different outcomes. San Francisco voters on Tuesday approved a new tax on the city’s top-grossing companies to… Read More
In a small apartment just a couple blocks from the waterfront in downtown Seattle, windows looking south over the Alaskan Way Viaduct usually afford a view of Mount Rainier. Clouds… Read More
Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos championed the legislation. Would the controversial “head… Read More
Seattle’s 21-month run as the nation’s hottest housing market is over. Las Vegas topped the Case Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index this month, with prices rising 13 percent over… Read More
Smoky skies may have kept us from seeing this one coming, but during the hottest time of the year in Seattle — in the nation’s hottest market — the housing… Read More
Technologists are all about using data and research to drive decisions. It’s why startups spend months validating new ideas. It’s also the reason many in the Seattle tech industry cited… Read More
The story of gentrification and skyrocketing housing prices is becoming a well-worn one in Seattle. But here’s an organization you normally don’t hear talking about housing prices: A children’s hospital.… Read More
Redfin has launched a new feature called Compete Score to help home buyers better understand what they’re up against when it comes to beating out other interested parties in a… Read More
Big tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook have made setting up shop in the heart of Seattle all the rage, giving their employees easy access to a variety… Read More
Columbus, Ohio and Seattle, Wash. have more in common than you might think. They’re similar in population size: about 800,000 people live in Columbus proper while about 700,000 live in… Read More
Bryan Copley remembers “the day that the last single-family residence in South Lake Union was bulldozed.” The CityBldr CEO has lived in the same Seattle neighborhood Amazon calls home for… Read More
Over the past week, readers from GeekWire and The Evergrey have shared their genuine curiosities and questions about one of Seattle’s biggest challenges: the thousands of people sleeping outside. Homelessness… Read More
Cities across the country are contending with housing affordability issues, especially in regions with booming tech economies where high-paid newcomers bid up rent and home prices. The phenomenon has led… Read More
Alex Day had already been chatting about getting into real estate with his colleague, Jai Sim, at the lunch delivery startup Peach, when he went through a process that changed… Read More
We’re half-way through 2018 and so far in Seattle, the year has been defined by a fierce debate over how to address the city’s growing homelessness crisis. That debate reached… Read More
Blokable, the Seattle startup looking to transform how housing is developed, delivered its first unit as part of a larger housing complex in the Seattle suburb of Edmonds, Wash. Blokable… Read More
Buying a home in Seattle these days is no easy task, thanks to low inventory and competition among the many thousands of people moving to the region. But it’s been… Read More
Housing in America is getting more expensive, disproportionately burdening middle- and low-income people, and perpetuating wealth inequality. Those dynamics are felt acutely in West Coast tech hubs, like San Francisco and… Read More
In order to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Seattle, you’re going to need to make $61,160 a year. If you want an extra room for other people in your family,… Read More
The dramatic defeat of a new business tax designed to alleviate Seattle’s dire homelessness crisis was seen as a victory by many in the business community. Reactions ranged from measured… Read More
Blokable has set its sights on fixing what its leaders deem a broken U.S. housing market. The Seattle startup pulled back the veil on a model it has been quietly… Read More
Seattle’s new per-employee tax on large businesses to fund affordable housing is officially dead, bringing an end to one of the most polarizing debates in city history. The City Council… Read More
When a for sale sign went into the yard of the house across the street from mine recently, I figured it would be a busy few weeks as interested home… Read More
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