Week in Review: Guns, Covid, and the real estate market Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with freelance health reporter Joanne Silberner, political commentator and contributing columnist Joni Balter, and KUOW’s Libby Denkmann. Kevin Kniestedt Play AudioListen 51 mins
Seattle's hot housing market means more competition for renters The spring and summer housing forecast is bright — for sellers anyway. Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 5 mins
Would you buy a house with your best friend? Not your spouse, but a close friend or another couple. That's one way Washington residents want to navigate the state's housing market. Libby Denkmann Play AudioListen 23 mins
Seattle sellers can 'kick back and let the market' decide what people will pay for their homes Imagine paying $1 million for a house. Now, imagine paying $1 million plus the more than $2 million the owners already wanted Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 5 mins
Zillow will stop buying and renovating homes and cut 25% of its workforce The company disclosed Tuesday that it lost about $304 million in the third quarter after purchasing homes at higher prices than it now expects to sell them. Chris Arnold
Seattle mayor proposes new climate measures to tackle pollution from traffic and buildings At the global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced policies she says will take a big bite out of Seattle’s climate-harming emissions from buildings and cars. John Ryan Play AudioListen 2 mins
Five Lessons Evergrande Taught Us About The Chinese Economy What a troubled property developer tells us about the Chinese economy. Greg Rosalsky
Black And Latino Homeowners Are About Twice As Likely As Whites To Get Low Appraisals A new analysis by Freddie Mac has found that only 7.4% of appraisals in majority-white census tracts came in below contract price, compared with 12.5% for Black areas and 15.4% for Latino ones. Joe Hernandez
A Chinese Company Called Evergrande Is Hitting Stocks Badly. Here's What To Know. The Dow Jones slumped over 800 points as financial troubles at property developer China Evergrande Group became the latest in a growing list of concerns for Wall Street. David Gura
In a hot NW housing market, even isolated Point Roberts is seeing prices sizzle How hot is the Pacific Northwest real estate market? So hot that even in an isolated exclave such as Point Roberts, Washington, home prices are sizzling and some properties are changing hands sight unseen. Tom Banse Play AudioListen 2 mins
