In the first month of 2012, the median price of homes in Pierce and Thurston counties are down. So are the number of new listings and homes actively listed for sale. However, the number of home sales pending has risen.
WASHINGTON — Home prices fell for a third straight month in nearly all cities tracked by a major index.
Three straight months of home-price declines in the biggest U.S. cities showed that foreclosures remain a significant drag on a housing market that is entering its fifth year of deterioration.
Home prices in the nation's biggest cities fell for the third consecutive month in November, a sign the housing market ended 2011 in a weakened state.
A New York hedge fund manager's plan to demolish an eye-catching steel-and-glass home in Malibu and build a two-story California Mission-style residence has neighbors in a lather over the potential loss of ocean views and what some decry as the waste of a perfectly good house.
Faint hope flickers for a new building next door to downtown’s McMenamins Elks Temple, more than two years after the city bought the land and agreed to help develop it.
The Pierce County housing market ended the year on a sour note as median home prices once again fell by a double-digit margin in the year-over-year December period, according to data released today by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bumpy and weigh on the broader economy in 2012.
In Washington state’s foreclosure rankings, Pierce County is No. 2, according to new data for the month of November.
Nearly a third of all Tacoma-area homeowners with a mortgage owe more than their property is worth.
The analytic and business services company CoreLogic reported this week that in the Tacoma “Core-Based Statistical Area,” a metropolitan area that comprises Pierce County, 28.9 percent of all residential properties were in “negative equity” for the third quarter.
More than a quarter and nearly a third of all Tacoma homeowners with a mortgage owe more than their property is worth. The analytic and business services company Corelogic said today that in Tacoma, 28.9 percent of all residential properties were in 'negative equity' for the third quarter.
A half-million-dollar grant has launched the City of Tacoma toward pre-approving up to 30 million square feet of new development in south downtown.
Almost a year ago, a broken sprinkler pipe flooded Tacoma’s Old City Hall and washed away the building’s few remaining tenants. Two of them have set up new storefronts, but it wasn’t easy. Meanwhile, the historic building and city icon sits empty.
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