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 Beleaguered small businesses hold the key to recovery The U.S. Department of Labor reported in early August that July’s jobs numbers were as dismal as they could have been. The national unemployment rate was at 9.5 percent, with many economists anticipating double-digit numbers for August as the... [More] By Tom Hoban Realty Markets | Home sales tepid despite low interest rates and prices KIRKLAND — Housing activity during July held few surprises for members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service, although some brokers wondered why more buyers aren’t taking advantage of historic low interest rates. Both pending sales and... [More] SCBJ staff |
EVERETT — Twila Epler signed up for Everett Community College's two-quarter property management program on a whim because a friend was taking it. [More] By Kurt Batdorf SCBJ Editor |
On one of those Friday's after work when my wife and I lay out the evening and weekend plans for ourselves and our three busy teenagers, the spin of assignments and activities sometimes splits us up into different directions. It's like that with... [More] By Tom Hoban Realty Markets |
SMOKEY POINT — Developer “Red” Jacobsen, creator of Park Place Center, Creekside Village and other structures in the Mill Creek Town Center, is dreaming again. [More] By John Wolcott SCBJ Freelance Writer |
ARLINGTON — The 109 tenants at Kent-Prairie Apartments have a new but familiar landlord. [More] By Kurt Batdorf SCBJ Editor | McMenamins to open hotel in downtown Bothell BOTHELL — McMenamins, a company that owns pubs and hotels in Washington and Oregon, plans to open a 70-room hotel in Bothell. The company has agreed to buy 5.41 acres from the city for $7 million in cash and community benefits. [More] By Amy Rolph Herald Writer | Tax credit gives a bump to April home sales KIRKLAND — Regional experts in the real estate business say the federal homebuyer tax credit has stabilized the market and still has buyers shopping, even though the tax credit has lapsed. [More] For the SCBJ | Really, there’s good news behind local bank takeovers The recent FDIC-led takeovers of CityBank and Frontier Bank marked the end of two local financial institutions that were part of our community and supported our real estate market for many years. Their presence will be missed, but behind these... [More] By Tom Hoban Realty Markets | If you are a long time Snohomish County resident, you might look at downtown Everett and its waterfront today and be taken by the amount of change you've seen. The City of Smokestacks, as Everett proudly called itself almost a century ago, is down... [More] By Tom Hoban Realty Markets | |
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