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Write Effective Property Listings: Tips From Seattle Property Managers
Original Publish Date February 3, 2022 Updated November 12, 2024 What's the buzz on your investment ...
Raise the Rent: Seattle Property Management Tips to Keep More Renters
Published March 12, 2020. Updated August 20, 2024 Before you advertise your Seattle rental property,...
Should You Become a Landlord in Seattle?
Updated March 7, 2024. As the best property management Seattle offers, it's understandable to us tha...
Should I Rent My Home or Sell It? Expert Insights for Long-Term Wealth
Published February 6, 2020. Updated June 22, 2023. Moving into your next phase of life in Seattle is...
Real Estate Entities: Insight From Seattle Property Management
Please note: This article is not legal advice. For up-to-date information and guidance, reach out to...
'Smart' Upgrades for Home Rentals Seattle Investors NEED to Make!
Updated October 28, 2022. Something is exciting about being part of the technological age, especiall...
Seattle's first-come, first-served Rental Law Rejected by Judge
Judge rejects Seattle’s ‘first-come, first-served’ rental law as unconstitutional Choosing a tenant ...
Get Ready for Higher Property Taxes in King County
The largest property-tax increase in King County in modern history is about to go into effect:
The Seattle Rental Market – A Look Back and Forward to 2018
As we enter our 28th year in business and look forward to a new year, we certainly want to recognize...
Americans Are Moving Less Frequently, and Age Plays a Big Role
Though you wouldn't know it based on the influx of new residents and construction of high-rise apart...
The BLOCK Project Building Tiny Houses for Seattle's Homeless
Check out this article in Yes! Magazine to see how some local Seattle folks are taking a grassroots ...
How the GOP Tax Cut Affects Homeowners
According to this article in Business Insider, both the House and Senate versions of the GOP tax cut...
New Regulations for Short-Term Seattle Rentals
In addition to the new Airbnb and other short-term rental taxes voted on by the City Council last mo...
New Tax for Airbnb Rentals
On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted in favor of a per-night tax on short-term rental propertie...
Is Seattle’s Real Estate Bubble About to Burst?
Not anytime soon, according to this Seattle Times article by Mike Rosenburg. Seattle has been the ho...
Seattle is #1 Housing Market - Once Again
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-chugs-along-as-americas-hottest-home-market...
Best Rental Improvements for Top Dollar Rent in Seattle
To earn top rent in the Seattle market, you need to provide a property that’s desirable and modern. ...
Someone found some humor in the Seattle rental market
THE SEATTLE TIMES BENJAMIN WOODARD ‘Sweet deal’: Ad for $2,000-a-month gingerbread house in Central ...
Seattle Property Management News: New “First in Time” Ordinance
An important update that will soon affect landlords, property managers and owners of rental property...
Seattle's Rental Law and Unintended Consequences
The first-come, first served renter's law has the best of intentions. But sometimes interventions in...
As housing costs soar, Seattle becomes nation’s top roommate city
As living solo becomes more expensive, finding a roommate is essential for many city residents. Seat...
Most Home Buyers Keep Their Options Open, Consider Renting Instead
SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's competitive housing market, most of those who move...
Seattle Energy Benchmarking & Reporting
All mid-size to large apartment and commercial buildings in the city of Seattle are required to repo...
City of Seattle Vs Airbnb - the future of short term rentals
Over the last few years, all of us who are in the Seattle property management business have seen the...
Fewer and fewer failed construction projects remain
September of 2007 is widely recognized as the market peak for the Seattle area real estate market in...
What is the right amount to save for a down payment on a home?
There was a good, national article posted in the Times over the weekend that talks about the amount ...
Seattle Rents = 50% of San Francisco Median Rents
THE ZUMPER BLOG Zumper National Rent Report: March 2016 San Francisco, CA rent prices increased 2.6%...
Approval of 12-story Pioneer Square building overturned
THE SEATTLE TIMES DANIEL BEEKMAN
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
