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Seattle Residential Prices Escalate Further with...

February 4, 2021 By William Hillis

The November Case-Shiller Home Price Index reported that for a tenth consecutive month, the Seattle metro area remained second in the nation for residential price growth year over...

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Market Trends from Around the Sound: Q4-2020

January 21, 2021 By Alyssa Morrison

When the clock struck midnight on December 31, few were disappointed to see 2020 end. But despite the difficulties endured over the last year, the real estate market remained resilient....

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Q&A: Financial Futurist Jason Schenker on...

January 7, 2021 By RSIR Staff

A month ago, Realogics Sotheby's International Realty (RSIR) brokers were visited by leading financial futurist Jason Schenker, who presented during the brokerage's online Momentum...

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Home Price Growth in Seattle’s Satellite Metros...

December 30, 2020 By William Hillis

By October, the market shocks of the spring and summer ended with seemingly no influence over residential price trajectories in the Puget Sound region. Seattle remained in second...

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‘The Necessity of This Moment:’ Puget...

December 28, 2020 By William Hillis

Homebuilders, sellers, and buyers throughout the greater Puget Sound region have stayed resilient through the annus horribilis of 2020. Residential listing inventories continue...

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Seattle’s Record Monthly Home Price Index Gains...

December 2, 2020 By William Hillis

At last month’s publication of the August Case Shiller Home Price Index results for Seattle, we noted an outsized monthly increase in the index results. Due most likely to pent-up...

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As Residents of Other States Flee, Washingtonians...

November 19, 2020 By William Hillis

Surging real estate activity in Western Washington has observers seeking explanations from recent headlines. RSIR has been following the regional and local trends, and despite...

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Case-Shiller reports highest-ever August monthly...

October 30, 2020 By William Hillis

In a typical year for Puget Sound region home selling, most area markets will have passed their peaks by August. Activity would be winding down gradually, with the year’s largest...

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Market Trends from Around the Sound: Q3-2020

October 23, 2020 By Alyssa Morrison

In an unusual year, the real estate market has largely been a beacon of positivity. Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR) takes a look at these five...

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The Coming Eastward Shift

October 6, 2020 By William Hillis

Consistent with demographics and other trends described in the narrative account provided in our RSIR annual report published in April 2020, the transformation of the Seattle City...

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