No housing woes in booming Washington state
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While California suffers in the housing crisis, the economy of nearby Washington state is flourishing with strong job growth and some of the highest appreciation in home prices in the nation.
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The fundamentals (eg, wage or population growth) are present to support a strong property market in Hong Kong. Wages in Hong Kong are not rising.
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Sales of previously owned homes rose 2.7 percent in November, making 2004 the best year ever for housing, the National Association of Realtors said yesterday in Washington.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep.
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WASHINGTON - New home sales plunged in November, but analysts say that a variety of economic reports released Thursday overall paint a positive picture.
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An expected spike in mortgage rates was supposed to cool off the red-hot housing market, but that spike failed to happen, and real estate sales remained strong in July both locally and nationally, according to reports released yesterday.
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When Eric Feichthaler became mayor three years ago, this town was booming. The city issued 800 permits that month to build single-family homes.
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Gary Shilling's investment outlook was right on target last year, and it hasn't changed this year. That's bad for housing.
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WASHINGTON -- Considerably more newly laid-off workers signed up for unemployment benefits last week, although the figures suggest the job market remains stable even as a housing slump afflicts the economy.
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A jump in starts on single-family housing pushed total U.S. housing starts to a nearly 21-year high in January, but other data released on Wednesday were not as robust.
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Real estate prices depend a lot on local conditions.
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By Courtney Sherwood, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb.
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The most satisfied new-home buyers in the Washington area last year were those who purchased a home from Pulte Homes Inc., the nation's largest builder, according to a survey released this week.
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Housing construction in August surged to its highest level in five months, a dose of encouraging news for the economy's expansion.
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US home prices at record levels don&#39;t signal a national price &#39;&#39;bubble&#39;&#39; because low mortgage rates and prospects for improved job growth will help sustain demand, housing-industry economists said.
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It's no secret that the condominium market statewide is strong and the rental housing market soft.
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WASHINGTON : Home building in the United States soared by an unexpectedly steep 8.3 percent in July, recovering from a slump the previous month as weather improved, a government report showed.