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Tiny homes, overseas investors and home values at pre-recession levels.

Tiny Houses come with Big Problems When Tom Alsani heard about plans for a tiny-home community in St. Petersburg, Fla., he got so excited...

Chinese Investors Make Seattle #4!

This year is the first in five years that Seattle has been displaced from second place to fourth place. The U.S. is the top destination...

Rent Rates Rising, Canada Thaws and People Live in Tacoma Longer...What?

Rental Rates Continue to Rise! Renters nationwide are out of luck — the average cost of rent jumped nearly 3 percent in April to an...

Finding that Starter Home - 5 Key Tips

(TNS)—First-time homebuyers might well wonder: Where are all the starter houses? They’re right to ask, because starter homes are becoming...

Myths and Truths About Selling Your Home

True or false: All real estate advice is good advice. (Hint: Well ... it depends.) Everyone has advice about the real estate market, but...

How Much Should You Spend In Retirement?

As a real estate broker that deals with investors and folks that just want to create a plan that will sustain them in retirement I get...

Despite Rising Mortgage Rates, Buyers Continue Searching For Homes

Only 5% would scrap their plans to buy a home if rates rose above 5% According to U.S. brokerage firm Redfin, few homebuyers are...

Rental Trends Still Moving Upward

Appreciation heated up on rentals this spring, with the May median monthly rent totaling $1,440, an increase of 2.1 percent...

Millennial Buyers Face a Tough Housing Market

Are Millenials cut out of the home ownership market?