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In Seattle, the rent is too damn high Tech booms, bad government, and money-hungry developers: Inside Seattle's insane housing market, and how it got that way.
A pre-pandemic fact of life for Seattle tenants has returned: The rent is going up. The coronavirus and widespread work-from-home policies last year led to reduced Seattle rents, especially in ...
For the first time this decade, rents in the Seattle area are soaring faster than in any other big city in the country. The dubious landmark, to be unveiled in a Zillow report Friday, is the ...
With little surprise, I read a recent report that lists Seattle as one of the highest median rents in the nation. Zumper.com rolled out its latest national rent report last month, and found ...
SEATTLE — Rent in the Emerald City increased in February for the first time in five months, according to a new report from Zillow. The Seattle-based real estate company said the monthly asking ...
A new report shows median rent in Seattle actually fell slightly in December. The median price of a one-bedroom apartment in Seattle has jumped 8.2% year over year to $1,970, according to a new ...
The average monthly rent in Seattle hit $2,139 in January, an increase of more than $80, or 3.9%, over the same time last year, according to a report by RENTCafé. Mercer Island’s apartments are ...
There are many different models of rent control that can be tailored to meet specific needs and adapted to avoid mistakes other cities have made in the past.
Why Seattle rents have gone up 29% in a year. Also: Navigating politics and generational divides in the Vietnamese-American community. And kids get a pretty "cool" and "slimy" look at how ...
Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant introduced a rent control bill on Friday that would regulate how much landlords can raise rents. The proposal would limit rental price increases to the ...
Seattle renters spent a total of $10.1 billion on rent throughout 2019, a 4.1% increase over 2018, a new report found. The analysis from Zillow found over the past decade from 2010 to 2019 ...
Rental rates are creeping up in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, surpassing prices in even some of the hottest neighborhoods in San Francisco.