Home Selling

For decades, building new meant building bigger. Down came the bungalows and ranch homes and up went the sprawling McMansions. But for the better part of the last decade or more, the median home size has been shrinking, hitting a low of 2,210 square feet, down from 2,500 square feet in 2015, according to data […]

Following the frenzied competition of post-pandemic years, demand for residential land has plunged—a clear sign that builders are pulling back as profit margins shrink. And this shift does not bode well for the future of new-home construction in the U.S., according to a new report from John Burns Research and Consulting. “After two years of fierce […]

A King County renter needs to make almost $92,000 a year to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment, according to a recent report by a leading affordable housing advocate. That’s far above the average Seattle renter’s income of $81,600 — a discrepancy keeping people cost-burdened by their rent. Even for those making north of $92,000, the […]

August 23, 2025 Construction activity on new single-family homes got an unexpected boost in July, powered by a building surge in the South. Single-family housing starts rose 2.8% last month from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 939,000, the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Tuesday. The July figure was up 7.8% from a […]