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00:00 Speaker A Julie, the housing market kicked off 2025 with some momentum, as buyers and sellers come to terms with elevated mortgage rates, helping to free up some of the inventory out there. This week, we got a slew of housing data that gave us more color on the current landscape. So let’s start…

By Aarthi Swaminathan Expect new-home sales to remain flat or fall in the months ahead, economist says Home builders saw a small increase in the pace of sales of newly built homes in February, but they remain worried about home buyers pulling back in the coming months – so they’re increasing incentives to keep buyers…

At more than $800,000, the backyard unit on Alonzo Avenue in Ballard initially gave Lavanna Martin sticker shock, but she and her husband are buying the home anyway this month.  The couple is moving from Austin, Texas, to Seattle to be close to their daughter and baby grandchild. If they tried to buy an existing…

<!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–>He doesn’t hire the crews or select the materials — Mr. Anderson, the owner of Rebuild the Block, signs a contract with a trade partner who handles those details. But he keeps a detailed budget that accounts for his costs — totaling about $1.29 million.–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–>To examine…

00:00 Speaker A Julie, the housing market kicked off 2025 with some momentum, as buyers and sellers come to terms with elevated mortgage rates, helping to free up some of the inventory out there. This week, we got a slew of housing data that gave us more color on the current landscape. So let’s start…

<!– –> Artist rendering of the 212 new duplex-style homes to be built at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (Liberty Military Housing) TACOMA, Wash. — Joint Base Lewis-McChord broke ground this week on 212 new homes that base officials hope will ease a housing crunch in and around the military base in a rapidly growing region…

<!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–>He doesn’t hire the crews or select the materials — Mr. Anderson, the owner of Rebuild the Block, signs a contract with a trade partner who handles those details. But he keeps a detailed budget that accounts for his costs — totaling about $1.29 million.–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–>To examine…

00:00 Speaker A Julie, the housing market kicked off 2025 with some momentum, as buyers and sellers come to terms with elevated mortgage rates, helping to free up some of the inventory out there. This week, we got a slew of housing data that gave us more color on the current landscape. So let’s start…

By Aarthi Swaminathan Expect new-home sales to remain flat or fall in the months ahead, economist says Home builders saw a small increase in the pace of sales of newly built homes in February, but they remain worried about home buyers pulling back in the coming months – so they’re increasing incentives to keep buyers…

00:00 Speaker A Julie, the housing market kicked off 2025 with some momentum, as buyers and sellers come to terms with elevated mortgage rates, helping to free up some of the inventory out there. This week, we got a slew of housing data that gave us more color on the current landscape. So let’s start…