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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Perth, Australia, is in the midst of what local newspapers call a housing affordability crisis, as home prices jumped 46 percent last year.
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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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Residential property taxes rose an average of $161 in cities and towns across the state in the past fiscal year, as home assessments hit historic highs despite declining market values.
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By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 4--When you fly over Las Vegas, you can see clearly how housing developments have bitten deeper and deeper into the desert. There are no green lawns around the houses.
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Ballots are still being counted to determine who will be Washington state's next governor, but if residents are getting antsy, they're not showing it.
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By Alwyn Scott, Seattle Times  Sep. 21--Washington's economy is slowing, but a recession is still considered unlikely until at least 2008, according to the latest state forecast.
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An expected spike in mortgage rates was supposed to cool off the red-hot housing market, but that spike failed to happen, and real estate sales remained strong in July both locally and nationally, according to reports released yesterday.
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SURGING demand in heavy construction should outweigh any downturn in new home building, according to OneSteel and Boral.
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A jump in starts on single-family housing pushed total U.S. housing starts to a nearly 21-year high in January, but other data released on Wednesday were not as robust.
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Fairfax County has emerged as a jobs powerhouse that far outpaces Montgomery County and now rivals the District as the region's economic core, according to a new federal report that details a profound shift in the Washington area over the past 15 years.
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As the mortgage crisis threatens to tip the economy into a recession, many are asking: where was Washington?
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During the real estate boom, home prices in the Sun Valley area spiked almost as high as the peak of nearby Bald Mountain. The median home price is now about as high as San Francisco's.
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In a long-depressed Washington area, gentrification is finally taking hold.
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Sales of new U.S. homes defied  predictions of a slowdown in April and rose 4.9 percent while  prices climbed, although the supply of homes for sale hit a  record, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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SEATTLE, Washington  -- More than a million
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Real estate prices depend a lot on local conditions.