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Ensuring Tenant Comfort and Safety: Reporting Problem Neighbors
As our tenant it is vital that we provide you with a safe and comfortable environment, and if for an...
Important Reasons for Tenants to Contact Us
One of the great advantages of renting is that you aren’t responsible to fix things when they break....
Investors With Cash Edging Out First-Time Home Buyers
WSJ JOE LIGHT
As elsewhere - RPA sees a lack of housing inventory a game changer
For February - Depleted inventory is contributing to "overwhelming" traffic at open houses, shifts i...
Roosevelt is #10 in forecast of Nation's hottest RE neighborhoods
Redfin (www.redfin.com), the next-generation real estate brokerage, today announced its annual list ...
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Seattle area home-price gains outpace national rate
The average price of existing single-family homes in the Seattle area jumped 1.2 percent in November...
Opponents decry proposed 12-story Pioneer Square tower
THE SEATTLE TIMES DANIEL BEEKMAN
RPA Leases Properties for Chinese Buyers - As -Reported in the Times
With volatility and devaluation at home, Chinese investors have become the No. 1 foreign purchasers ...
Great South Lake Union Comparison - How Times Have Changed!
South Lake Union’s transformation — largely fueled by the growth of its highest-profile employer, Am...
Will easing the Rules for Backyard Cottages Help Seattle Livability?
Changing the owner-occupancy requirement for backyard cottages could create a loophole for developer...
Rents surge, but a record number of new units may slow future hikes
https://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2025341798_rentsq4xml.html By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle ...
Rising rents, rising towers push out tenants of modest means
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rising-rents-rising-towers-push-out-tenants-of-modest-means/
Wall Street buyers snap up thousands of local homes for rentals
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/wall-street-buyers-snap-up-thousands-of-local-homes-for-rental...
Seattle-area apartment rents may stabilize, even dip in 2014
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-area-apartment-rents-may-stabilize-even-dip-in-2014/ Af...
Census surprise: Seattle the most affordable big city for renters
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/census-surprise-seattle-the-most-affordable-big-city-for-renter...
Visions for the U District: taller, vital and still funky
City planning efforts for the University District envision more density around a future light-rail s...
Apartment Market Tightens as Housing Costs Jump
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303643304579107691208150088.html By DAWN WOTAPKA Landl...
Local apartment rents continue climbing
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-apartment-rents-continue-climbing Rent hikes in King Coun...
Scammers right at home in sizzling rental market
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/news/scammers-right-at-home-in-sizzling-rental-market/ The Crai...
5.8 Percent Jump in Rents in Seattle Area
http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021308680_rentpricesxml.html Despite the constructi...
Billionaire Buys 10,000 Rental Homes; Now Owns Second Most SFR’s in U.S.
Looks like some smart money is chasing single family rentals. Billionaire B. Wayne Hughes rocketed t...
Five Benefits Of Hiring A Property Manager
Five Benefits Of Hiring A Property Manager Sarah Gabot, writing for Zillow, outlines 5 reasons you m...
Is Seattle Far Behind from California's Rents Increase?
California cities claimed seven spots on a top 10 list of cities experiencing the highest rental pri...
1.7 Million New Renters, Single Family Rentals Grow By 3 Million
The Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) Multifamily Research Group today released its multifamily real estate ma...
6 Suggestions For Owners Who Rent To Pet Owners
According to an MSN article, investors and owners of single family homes and apartments who ignore p...
Study Shows Why Property Owners Should Allow Pets In Their Rentals
In what may be the only published research on the subject, a FIREPAW study found that apartments tha...
Urban Land Institute Says Seattle One Of Best Real Estate Markets
In what should come as great news for Seattle rental property owners, Seattle is one of the best rea...
RPA Owner Jay Young Interview About Problem Tenants By Bloomberg News
Jay Young, owner of Seattle area Real Property Associates for 21 years, was recently interviewed abo...
Seattle City Council Approves Mandatory Inspections For Rental Houses
In a move sure to change the Seattle property management scene, the Seattle City Council unanimously...