by richtao | Around Seattle
One of the most common questions we get asked is “where do you think interest rates are going?” It’s a good question, and hard to answer; most people get it wrong. At the start of 2015, industry analysts were predicting rates around 5%: we ended up...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Due to its higher price point, luxury properties generally have a smaller pool of affluent, discerning buyers. As the influx of wealthy buyers to our region has increased, so too has the demand for high-end properties. Many luxury home specialists say that they...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Stroll around any popular neighborhood in the region and you will likely have noticed new multi-family developments. Or not…they have become so common that many folks don’t even notice them anymore. More than 10,000 multi-family dwelling units were added...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Chinese home buyers have become the largest group of foreigners purchasing real estate here. As of March 2015, 16% of foreign buyers in the US were Chinese, compared to 14% who were Canadian. What the report doesn’t mention is that many of the Canadian buyers...
by richtao | Around Seattle
Seattle has the highest number of micro-apartments? Wow, but we’re not surprised. Back in November when we were working on a development project with our client, we learned that there were over two dozen micro-apartment projects in the Cap Hill/First Hill/Eastlake...