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Nominations for 2024 Board positions now open

The Leadership Development Committee has opened nominations for those interested in serving on the Seattle King County REALTOR Board of... Read more

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We stand up and speak out for the rights of homeowners and the livelihood of REALTORS®. A few of our recent successes include proposing county policies to increase housing inventory and preventing point-of-sale mandates.

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Maple Valley’s Update of Comprehensive Plan

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To Focus On Economic Development More jobs could mean more buyers for REALTORS®. The City of Maple Valley announced that the update of the City’s comprehensive plan will focus on Economic Development. The goal is to bring living wage jobs to the City, which could mean more homebuyers for REALTORS®. Among… Read more

SKCR Urges Improved Housing Inventory in King County

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Smarter planning is needed in the King County area to improve housing inventory. Concerned that growth planning throughout King County has repressed housing supply through insufficient zoning, SKCR, in collaboration with the Master Builders Association, has called upon the King County to improve the quality of data and the process… Read more

Bellevue Shoreline Regulations Respect Property Rights

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Homeowners in Bellevue may not be subjected to very restrictive shoreline setbacks and increasingly complicated rules for bulkhead repair, replacement and installation as Bellevue updates its Shoreline Master Program. Over the past several years, cities have been updating their shoreline regulations to comply with state law. The Washington State Department… Read more

United States Flag dedicated to US service personnel at REALTOR® building

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In a tribute to our United States military service personnel, past and present, the Seattle King County REALTORS® dedicated its new flagpole at a special ceremony on June 13, 2014. The new 40-foot flagpole will display our American and REALTOR® flags to thousands of travelers passing the REALTOR® building each day… Read more

2014 First Citizen Award – Norman B. Rice

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NORMAN B. RICE “Quiet statesman” who “leads with kindness” named 2014 Seattle-King County First Citizen. BELLEVUE, Wash. (Feb. 24, 2014) –Broadcasting, banking, academia and politics are part of this retiring CEO’s career, but it is “the values he carries in his heart” that help distinguish him. To honor decades of… Read more

Affordable Health Care Act Doesn’t Apply To Real Estate Contractors

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Final regulations issued in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recognize “qualified real estate agents” as non-employees for purposes of the “Shared Responsibility for Employers” provisions of the new health care law. With the clarifications included in the final regulations, brokerage firms that contract the services of qualified real… Read more

Seattle Focus Now On “Employee” Tax For Transit

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Efforts to fund Seattle transit with a property tax increase have now been overshadowed by two competing proposals from City Hall. Mayor Ed Murray opposes using a property tax increase to fund transit needs within the City of Seattle, as proposed in a ballot initiative by the group Friends of Transit.… Read more

Will We See More Inventory In Seattle?

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Enhanced Housing Affordability Needed – Will we see more inventory in Seattle? In his first State of the City address, newly elected Seattle Mayor Ed Murray devoted a portion of his remarks to housing affordability and pledged to establish a group of stakeholders to develop recommendations to bring housing within… Read more

REALTORS® Restore Affordable Flood Insurance For Your Clients

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The United States Senate has just passed The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act by a vote of 72-22. The President is expected to sign the legislation. The legislation that passed March 13: REPEALS (the original Senate bill only delayed) the property-sales provision in the Biggert Waters law (sec. 205) that has… Read more

Seattle Homebuyers Avoid Serious Threat Of Credit Crunch

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Mayor Says NO To Eminent Domain On Mortgages In a victory for homebuyers in the Puget Sound market who rely on readily available mortgage credit, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says he opposes a recent proposal to use the power of eminent domain to condemn residential mortgages in the city. The… Read more

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