Environment
Back to News Center As wildfire risk escalates across the Pacific Northwest, homeowners in Kittitas County are confronting a troubling consequence: rising home insurance cancellations, non-renewals, and sharply increased premiums. Seattle King County REALTORS® (SKCR) is sounding an alarm, urging stakeholders and policymakers to address the crisis and keep homeownership…
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Back to News Center In Seattle, Seattle King County REALTORS® is poised for a number of wins that will unlock major housing capacity throughout the city. For more than two years, we have been advocating for a bold, housing-focused update to the 20-Year Seattle Comprehensive Plan. The City Council’s recent…
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Back to News Center Under Washington’s Growth Management Act (GMA), every city is required to adopt and enforce a Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) to protect environmentally sensitive areas and safeguard the public from natural hazards. Cities must update their CAOs every 10 years using the Best Available Science. While the…
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Back to News Center For many years, environmental advocates have lobbied to require residential energy audits and energy upgrades mandated at the point of sale. A proposal in King County would have prevented sellers from closing a transaction until they conducted an energy audit, made the score public, and made…
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Back to News Center Cities in South King County are confronting the prospect of as many as six new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facilities, and they are very concerned. Local city officials requested, and Seattle King County REALTORS® has assisted in identifying, individuals with expertise in the regulation of…
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Back to News Center Homeowners can get a free, Personal Electrification Planner to help save money, improve home comfort, and make a positive climate impact. Offered by Rewiring America, it promises an “easy-to-use home-electrification planning tool” that will generate a customized plan in less than five minutes. The planner will…
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Back to News Center Tree canopies in several urban areas across the state should increase and residents in underserved communities will gain knowledge about stewardship of natural resources as part of a five-year project being led by Washington State University. The project, supported by a nearly $1.8 million Inflation Reduction…
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Back to News Center Legislation (SB 5595) was delivered to the Governor on March 7 that would assist homeowners and businesses impacted by a noise from SeaTac International Airport. Sen. Karen Kaiser of Des Moines said the bill, approved unanimously in the Senate, and 83-13 in the House, would mitigate…
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Back to News Center April is observed as Earth Month, a time to raise environmental awareness. Since the first observance of Early Day on April 22, 1970, EarthDay.org has mobilized more than 1 billion people annually “to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.” There are numerous ways to…
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Back to News Center In a $4.9 billion deal, Japanese homebuilder Sekisui House, Ltd. is purchasing M.D.C. Holdings Inc., of Denver. The acquisition makes Sekisui, which has projects in Washington and 13 other states plus Washington, D.C., the fifth-largest homebuilder in the U.S. Sekisui’s projects in the Greater Seattle area…
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