Vancouver Housing Tax Pushes Chinese to $1 Million Seattle Homes Just a few days after Vancouver announced a tax on foreign property investors, Seattle real estate broker Lili Shang received a WeChat message from a wealthy Chinese… BLOOMBERG.COM[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Housing Market’
December 5th, 2016 - 10:20 am § in The Ave Scene
“About half of the homes sold in Seattle’s suburbs are going to Chinese buyers”
October 13th, 2016 - 7:24 pm § in The Ave Scene
How Fast IS Seattle Growing?
A. 31,005 B. 50,234 C. 60,714 D. 77.090 E. 91.230[...]
October 11th, 2016 - 6:16 am § in Misc.
PETITION: Seattle Parks Should NOT Be Used As Homeless Encampments
Stop Seattle From Turning Our Parks Into Homeless Encampments I just signed a petition at iPetitions.com. Please join me in supporting this important… Share[...]
September 23rd, 2016 - 12:05 pm § in Politics, The Ave Scene
The Housing Market in Seattle ,, burn, baby, burn.
Ken Kailing SeattleTimes.com As an regional and urban planner in my time, I find the escalation of rents in Seattle very troublesome. Certainly, it is a matter of social equity. But more than that it’s a matter of City Pride. The rent and general housing issues in our city are contentiou[...]
August 7th, 2016 - 12:21 pm § in Misc.
We Import Housing From Canada
Old Houses From Canada Find a Home in Washington State Houses from British Columbia have been taken by barge and restored in the San Juan Islands to help give struggling families an affordable way to stay. NYTIMES.COM|BY KIRK JOHNSON[...]
August 3rd, 2016 - 5:16 pm § in The Ave Scene
David Preston: What Seattle Housing Gets for $290 million
David Preston Seattle’s $290 million “affordable housing” property tax levy passed yesterday, doubling the amount of the previous levy. Voters likely approved it because they felt it would reduce the number of homeless people visible on the streets. Unfortunately, it will likely [...]
July 24th, 2016 - 10:09 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle: $15,000,000 house with $3000 in Taxes?
Just listed and down the street from my house. Redfin says the taxes are less than mine! My wife insisted this must be an error .. but she looked it up. The assessed value on the house is $2 million. The taxable value $0 ![...]
July 12th, 2016 - 1:55 am § in Misc.
Seattle’s Housing Bubble Has Rancid Vapors
An empty plot of land in West Seattle sold recently for about $225,000, so the three-bedroom, one-bath home was listed for $200,000 at the end of April. The dangerous house sold for $427,000 after ‘insane’ bidding war (excerpts from Seattle Times)“It’s important for Seattleites t[...]
June 8th, 2016 - 9:52 am § in Misc.
MYTHS OF GENTRIFICATION
David Brewster Here’s a clarifying story in the Washington Post about the myths associated with gentrification. Examples: crime goes up in gentrifying neighborhoods; it’s not purely a white thing; changes for the better are largely welcomed by residents, making them less likely to move a[...]
David Brewster: Is the Seattle boom a bubble?