We’ve all read the headlines and know interest rates and inventory are up. In fact, rates are up by 1% from a year ago, and inventory is up year-to-date (YTD) 2026 over 2025 in King and Snohomish counties by 39%. These two factors have led to more price and credit negotiations for buyers and further […]

  Real estate is always evolving, and today’s market is no exception. After years of rapid appreciation and intense competition, we’re seeing a return to more balanced conditions due to interest rates. Inventory is up, prices have adjusted, and homes are spending more time on the market. For sellers, years of strong appreciation have established […]

You may be reading the headlines and heard that the real estate market across our country and locally is shifting. In King and Snohomish counties, for both single-family residential (SFR) homes and condos, I can confidently say that inventory has increased across the board, and it is taking longer to sell a property due to […]

The NWMLS (Northwest Multiple Listing Service), the shared database where broker members input their listings for sale to make them available to all the other broker members and where broker members search for listing inventory, made a big change on September 4th. As a result of the recently settled lawsuit with Compass, the new First Look status was […]