No housing woes in booming Washington state
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While California suffers in the housing crisis, the economy of nearby Washington state is flourishing with strong job growth and some of the highest appreciation in home prices in the nation.
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Why pains plaguing the housing market won't affect the commercial real estate market.
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Forget Ohio, Washington State is the new Florida
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By Peter Barnes, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 6--An expansive housing development under construction beside the Spokane River mostly complies with Spokane Valley's shoreline regulations, a hearing examiner concluded Tuesday.
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New-home sales surged unexpectedly in September, climbing 3.5%, as low mortgage rates attracted buyers, a government report showed Wednesday.
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US home prices at record levels don&#39;t signal a national price &#39;&#39;bubble&#39;&#39; because low mortgage rates and prospects for improved job growth will help sustain demand, housing-industry economists said.
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Sales of previously owned homes rose 2.7 percent in November, making 2004 the best year ever for housing, the National Association of Realtors said yesterday in Washington.
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Washington area homeowners living in historic districts are rapidly taking advantage of  substantial federal income tax write-offs under obscure easement trust plan.
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Housing starts have been very high relative to the number of homes that builders are trying to sell.
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The three most prosperous large counties in the United States are in the Washington suburbs, according to census figures released yesterday, which show that the region has the second-highest income and the least poverty of any major metropolitan area in the country.
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WASHINGTON -- State finances remained stable so far this fiscal year, with revenues on target or better and fewer states spending more than they planned, the National Conference of State Legislatures reported.
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A majority of black and Hispanic households in metropolitan Washington now own their houses instead of renting, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The most satisfied new-home buyers in the Washington area last year were those who purchased a home from Pulte Homes Inc., the nation's largest builder, according to a survey released this week.
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Sen. John Kerry has a lot of worries in the closing days of the presidential election, but Washington state is not one of them.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes surged  by an unanticipated 3.1 percent in September as low mortgage  rates fueled home buying, a trade association said on Monday.
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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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Sales of new homes rose 16.2 percent  in April, the sharpest climb in fourteen years, while prices  fell a record 11 percent, according to a government report on  Thursday that showed home builders taking extraordinary steps  to move houses.