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Meet the Players in Seattle rsquo;s NBA Arena Proposal

The Sonics will come back. Maybe. This June the Seattle City Council and King County Council will likely vote on Seattle native Chris Hansen’s proposal to put up $290...

Bike Crashes Along SLU Streetcar Pit Cyclists Against City

The streetcar was coming and Amanda Currier had a decision to make. Just seconds earlier, at a little past 1pm on June 15, 2009, she’d left work on her bike...

New Landscaping Gives a Sand Point Home Curb Appeal

The first time Marion Richards saw the house in North Seattle’s Inverness neighborhood in 2007, she didn’t even want to go inside. “It looked like a box—square and modern looking,...

Bank loans tough to get for fire stations and churches

  Bored with regular, run of the mill houses? Looking for something unusual? How about buying a fire station or a church for a home? Seattle-area real estate appraiser Richard Hagar says although places...

Cracking down on suspicious home buyers

  Since the 1970s, banks have been required to report any suspicious house purchases to the FBI. Now that mandatory reporting is netting mortgage brokers, too. Seattle area real estate appraiser Richard Hagar...

Rough time refinancing? Try again.

  Is it true that there there's a bank vault out there full of cold, hard cash that's now available to people trying to refinance? That's what KPLU's John Maynard asked Seattle-area real...

Not all condos are buildings in the investment world

  When most of us talk about condos, we’re usually referring to buildings with apartment units that are individually owned.  But as real estate appraiser Richard Hagar tells KPLU’s John Maynard, a condominium...

For some, the gamble of an adjustable-rate mortgage pays off

KPLU's John Maynard bought a condo in 2007 – at the height of the market. He took out an adjustable-rate mortgage that's "adjusting" in June. That's turned out to be good news...

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