Local Markets
Market Snapshot: Seattle’s Finished Vacant Inventory Hits Highs
In Seattle, finished vacant inventory is no longer a fringe concern, but a defining feature of today’s supply environment.
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Washington
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
Amazon Launches Affordable Homeownership Initiative
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BUILDER
Missing-Middle Housing Bill in Washington Receives Support from Industry
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BUILDER
KB Home Opens New Communities in Washington and Idaho
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Multifamily Executive
AHV Communities Enters Seattle Market With Duvall Village Rentals
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BUILDER
Attached to Reality in Seattle?
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BUILDER
Mortgage Applications Notch Up
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BUILDER
Mortgage Applications Take A Deep Drop
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BUILDER
Market Monitor: Six Top Metros for Single-Family Construction
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BUILDER
Tech Sector Bolsters Housing Market for Seattle, Surrounding Area
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The Seattle Times
Home Prices in Seattle Are Up
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BUILDER
Quadrant Renews its Standard Smart Home Tech Package
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BUILDER
Intracorp Breaks Ground on 81 New Townhomes in Shoreline, Wash.
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The Spokesman Review
Spokane Washington Now Number Three for Growth in Construction Jobs
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
Microsoft Makes $500 Million Commitment to Affordable Housing
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ARCHITECT
Mithun Merges with Hodgetts + Fung
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Builder
Three Waterfront Homes Showcase Resiliency and Flawless Design
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Builder-Metrostudy
Beyond Amazon: Seattle’s Bigger Housing Issues
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Builder-Metrostudy
The Amazon Effect: Lessons Learned from Seattle
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Builder-Metrostudy
The Amazon Effect: Rising Rents
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Builder-Metrostudy
The Amazon Effect: Housing Affordability
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Builder
Seattle's Quadrant Homes Introduces Standard Home Automation Package
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BUILDER
Washington Buildable Lands Bill Becomes Law
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BUILDER
Quadrant Homes Launches New Standard Home Automation Package
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Builder
UCP Adds Eric H. Speron to its Board of Directors
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Builder
Pre-sales Begin at Park 12 Townhomes in Bellevue, Wash.
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BUILDER-METROSTUDY
Record Prices are a Red Flag for Seattle Housing
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BUILDER
Resilient Waterfront House Stands up to Mudslides
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BUILDER
Pulte Opens First Seattle Community West of Puget Sound
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Builder
LGI Increases 2016 Closings More Than 35%
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BUILDER
LGI Opens Two Communities in Washington
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BUILDER
Seattle Infill Project Divides One Lot into Two
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Builder
Big Goals, Big Expectations
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BUILDER
Award-Winning Inspiration: 5 Memorable Kitchens
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Builder
William Lyon Posts 49% Increase in Orders, But Misses on EPS
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BUILDER
Urban Renewal: Seattle Live/Work
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BUILDER
Quadrant Homes Moves Up to a New Buyer Segment
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BUILDER
Metros with Highest Monthly Mortgage Spending
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BUILDER-METROSTUDY
15 Builders Making Bank in America’s Most Affluent Towns
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Builder
MainVue Homes Moves Into Dallas
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Builder
Hayden Homes Acquires 1,200 Lots
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Builder
Builders Can Tap into $1,000 Rebates for Water-Conserving Homes
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Builder-Metrostudy
Seattle's Top 10 Builders and Quarterly Performance
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Builder-Metrostudy
Young Adult Home Buyers in the 13 Most Populated MSAs
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BUILDER-METROSTUDY
Demand vs. Desire: The New Home Dilemma
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Design
Packaging Passive House, Bringing It to the Masses
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
Construction Budget Cheat Sheet
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Builder 100
Metrostudy Acquires New Home Trends
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Washington Post
Why Young, First-Timers Won't--or Can't--Buy
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Washington Post
What Our Address Says About What We Buy Online
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Washington Post
Here's Why Mortgage Rates Haven't Risen
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2014 Builder's Choice
Arterra, San Francisco
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Washington Post
The Vicious Circle of Mortgage Put-Backs
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Washington Post
Data Theft Challenge Hits Too Close to Home Depot
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
Chihuly Studio Tour
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Washington Post
Americans: Plastic's Fantastic
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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Meals To Go ... A Slide-Away Kitchen
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NEW GEOGRAPHY
Where Are America's 'Hidden Millennials' Moving?
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Forbes
The Next Tiny Idea?
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Washington Post
Boomerang Buyers Gain Critical Mass
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
Notes on Perfection
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Washington Post
Counting Sheep Counters
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Washington Post
American Public Schools' Demographic Sea Change
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Builder 100
Century Lands an Experienced Texas Operator
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
Five Ways Architects Can Serve Their Clients Better
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THE OLYMPIAN
Code Change Eases Rooftop Solar Installs
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WASHINGTON POST
11 Big Banks Get Fed Aches
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WASHINGTON POST
Wood-Inspired, Trex Trecks On to Profits
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WASHINGTON TIMES
House Vote Would Speed Deportations, Cancel 'Dreamer' Policy
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Ranking
Top 10 Towns for Families
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Gold Nugget Awards
Gold Nugget Award Winners Merge Affordable With Great Design
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Money
Top 25 New-Home Price Hikes in 2014
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Design
A Number of New California Projects Announced in July
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REUTERS
Boy Meets Girl ... Later
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Washington Post
Why it's Unusually Hard to Find a Newly Built Home
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Money
Top 10 States for New Residential Sales
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Washington Post
Millennialls Really are Living in Their Parents' Basements
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Project of the Month
Healthy Living in Seattle
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Project of the Month
Healthy Living in Seattle
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BUILDER
The Home(made) Team
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Money
Top 10 Markets Attracting Millennial Buyers
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Washington Post
Eligible HARP Borrowers Heat-Mapped
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BIG BUILDER
Why Per-Square-Foot Price on Big Units Is Trending Up
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
Drone Debate Kicks up in Washington State
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Washington Post
Millennials' Moment of Truth
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Land
1Q14 Seattle Housing Market Analysis
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BIG BUILDER
Now Counts ... So It's Critical to Know Why People Move
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
In Praise of Shearwalls
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Design
Creating a Design Center That’s Beautiful and Brainy
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
Designing Practical Mudrooms and Laundry Rooms
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Design Studio
Mid- Century Modernized
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BIG BUILDER
Rites of Spring
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BUILDER
7 Aging-in-Place Essentials
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
Explorations in Stair Design
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Building
NAHB Lauds Green Homes and their Builders
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Project of the Month
Lakeview Townhomes in Seattle Offers Hip Design and Glorious Views
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Project of the Month
Lakeview Townhomes in Seattle Offers Hip Design and Glorious Views
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Kevin Eckert's Build Blog
A Design Guide to the Super Bowl
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Money
CEO Power Panel: Thoughts on Green Building
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Products
Where's the Trouble?
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Building
Brain Buster: 2012 International Energy Conservation Code
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BIG BUILDER
TRI Pointe's big deal and the 'lessons learned' ... Part Deux
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Builder 100
Redfin Launches Builder Listing Service
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2013 leadership awards
Hall of Fame: George Suyama
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2013 Design Awards
Madrona Live / Work, Seattle
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2013 Design Awards
Glen Lake Tower
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2013 DESIGN AWARDS
Park Passive, Seattle
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Mergers and Acquisitions
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join Forces
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Design
A Community-Oriented Approach
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Money
10 stories you should check out today: the Knight Reader
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Building
Investor Leans on Locals When Funding Projects and Land
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The Next Files
The Next Files: Rachel Minnery
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Success Story
Multimillion-Dollar Bet Pays Off
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Tactics
Newland Communities Rethinks Its Sales Centers
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Breaking Stories
Labor: Today, Tomorrow, and Ten Years Away
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Building
Northwest Builders Test the Market with New Homes Pilot
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2013 RADA
University of Washington West Campus Housing Phase One, Seattle
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Land
Production Builders Drawn To Rental Construction
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Design
Practical Products Yield an Affordable High-Performance Home
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Builder 100
North Dakota Ranks as Fastest-Growing State in the Country
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Design
Warm Heart
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case study
Modernism's Warm Side
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K+B Studio
Ballard Cut Kitchen, Seattle
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K+B Studio
Airspace
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Blog
Seattle Residential Architect Honored
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Builder 100
Construction Spending Boosted by Housing in October
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Special Focus
Shadowboxx
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Grand and Merit
The Solaris Collection at Daybreak
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Grand and Merit
The Solaris Collection at Daybreak
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Grand
The Pierre
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Grand
The Pierre
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Grand
Chico Beach Cottages
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Grand
Chico Beach Cottages
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Reinvention
The Global Studio builds public service architecture into a sustainable business model.
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Land
Newland Brews a Fresh New Neighborhood
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Design Studio
Film on Modernist Coastal Houses
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Design Studio
Film on Modernist Coastal Houses
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On Site
This house in Washington state preserves the best of its island site
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Next Generation
Meeting Customers Head On
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The NAHB Research Center Corner
Vancouver Developer Aiming High with NGBS Certification
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continuing education
Structural Insulated Panels Can Be an Efficient and Economic Solution for Sustainable Design
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Merit Award
EHDA Merit Award: Salishan - Sal 7
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Beyond Home Automation
Can Houses Be Taught to Think?
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Design
Family-Friendly Downtowns
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Money
As Student Housing Booms, Builders Eye Opportunities
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Building
Codes, Cost, and Consumers Drive Sustainability Market Growth
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Builder 100
Nils Finne's New Video
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Grand Master bath in a custom home
Ellis Residence Master Bath
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Grand Master bath in a custom home
Ellis Residence Master Bath
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CHDA 2012
Ellis Residence, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
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Design Studio
Profile: Nils Finne, AIA
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2012 rada
Shadowboxx, San Juan Islands, Wash.
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2012 rada
Chuckanut Ridge, Bow, Wash.
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Kitchen & Bath Design Guide
Remodeled Bath in Seattle
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Building
5 Sustainable Homes That Don’t Skimp on Style
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Design
5 Sustainable Homes That Don’t Skimp on Style
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Design
5 Sustainable Homes That Don’t Skimp on Style
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Building
5 Sustainable Homes That Don’t Skimp on Style
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Building
Energy Use Projections for U.S. Buildings Down Sharply
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Money
Home Prices Improved in November, FHFA Says
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Land
Sekisui House Boosts Its Investment in U.S. Development
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Money
Builder State of the Industry Interview: Abbie and Mike Andersen
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Builder 100
Builder State of the Industry Interview: Abbie and Mike Andersen
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Money
Builder State of the Industry Interview: Wayne Holt
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Builder 100
Builder State of the Industry Interview: Wayne Holt
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Reusing Solid Waste
Two Graduate Students Find a New Way to Reuse More Glass
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State of the Industry 2012
State of the Industry 2012 Survey
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State of the Industry 2012
State of the Industry 2012 Survey
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Design
The Rise of the Background Building
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Land
Newland Boosts Sales with Data-Driven Products
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Design
BUILDER’s 10 Favorite Houses of 2011
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Design
BUILDER’s 10 Favorite Houses of 2011
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Red Tape
Seattle Assesses Its Buildings' Energy Performance
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Port Townsend, Wash.
Port Townsend Residence
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Port Townsend, Wash.
Port Townsend Residence
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Renton, Wash.
Compass Veterans Center
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Black Diamond, Wash.
The Villages Master Plan
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Kenmore, Wash.
Bastyr University Student Housing
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Field Report
Sweet Mars Invasion and Seattle Big Dig
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Land
Healthiest Housing Markets: Mid-2011 Update
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Building
Ultra-Green Modular Homes
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Builder 100
Face to Face: Don't Forget the Importance of Personal Marketing
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2011 Gold Nugget Awards
Modern Romance: Project Winners From Gold Nuggets 2011
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Design
Vancouver Residence
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Building
EHDA Merit Award: Bastyr University Student Housing
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Design
Seabrook
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Design
Compass Veterans' Center
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Design
Wall-to-Wall Interest: This Modern Row House Remodel Makes the Most of Limited Space
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Source: The Builders Counsel Blog
Consumer Protection Act Whacks Seattle Roofing Contractor
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Land
Master Planned Communities Evolve and Adapt to Survive
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Design
Familiar Faces for FutureShack Jury
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2011 CHDA
Wolf Creek, Winthrop, Wash.
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2011 CHDA
Wolf Creek, Winthrop, Wash.
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Design
Design Details: Kitchen Islands
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Products
Product Review: Water-Efficient Washers and Dishwashers
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2011 rada
Port Townsend Residence, Port Townsend, Wash.
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2011 rada
Steel Stair, Seattle
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Bath
All-Access Pass: Accessible Sinks
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Building
USGBC Certifies 10,000th Home to LEED Standard
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Land
Hottest Multifamily Markets for 2011
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Kitchen & Bath Design Guide
Greene Partners weaves a custom kitchen into a great room
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Kitchen & Bath Design Guide
Greene Partners weaves a custom kitchen into a great room
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Kitchen & Bath Design Guide
FINNE Architects Gives an Old Farmhouse Bath a Modern Update
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Kitchen & Bath Design Guide
FINNE Architects Gives an Old Farmhouse Bath a Modern Update
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Money
A Mortgage Broker Extends a Lifeline to Spec Builders
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Builder 100
Shea Homes Makes Elite List of Customer-Friendly Companies
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Builder 100
Quadrant Homes Changes Strategy
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Off the Map
Cool Houses That Challenge the Status Quo
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field report
Five Cities Where New-Home Prices Have Been Rising
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Design
Design Details: Rooms With a View
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The Public/Private House
A Former Seattle Storefront Is Transformed Into One Couple's Office and Home
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The Public/Private House
A Former Seattle Storefront Is Transformed Into One Couple's Office and Home
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K+B Studio
Lake Forest Park Renovation Kitchen by Finne Architects
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K+B Studio
Lake Forest Park Renovation Kitchen by Finne Architects
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K+B Studio
Lake Forest Park Renovation Bath by Finne Architects
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K+B Studio
Lake Forest Park Renovation Bath by Finne Architects
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Building
10 Green Building Trends for 2011
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Land
PulteGroup Expands in Seattle
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Money
PulteGroup Buys Into Seattle
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Red Tape
Smart Growth That Limits Residential Development Creates Housing Affordabiliity Inequities
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ra50
ra50: Cutler Anderson Architects
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Design
10 Residential Design Trends for 2011
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Design
BUILDER Magazine's Favorite Houses of 2010
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Money
Case-Shiller: Home Prices Give Back Gains in Third Quarter
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Design
Business Software Developers Wins Ruling
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Construction Financing
Washington State Developer Finances Construction Where Banks Won't
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People+Skills
Victoria Downing: What Makes a Great Office Manager?
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ADR 2010: Bond: Citation
Vancouver Convention Centre West
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Design
San Juan Passage
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Design
Eastlake 2851
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Design
Olympia Avenue Student Housing
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Design
West Seattle Residence
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Design
West Seattle Residence
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Design
Cozy Cottages
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Building
Merit Award: Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor, Wash.
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Money
Pacific Lifestyle Homes Emerges From Bankruptcy
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2010 Pacesetter Awards
Peter Kilpatrick
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2010 Pacesetter Awards
Jon Alexander
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Custom Builder 2.0
Modern Minded
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Design
Innovations in Home Building Rethink Status Quo
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Building
Classic Housing Styles Can Be Green
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Design
New Models for Affordable Housing Honored
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Money
Case Shiller: Home Prices Inch Upwards in April
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Design
Common Ground
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Design
Net Zero Homes Produce as Much as Energy as They Use
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Money
Sheila Bair: ‘We Cannot Forget The Lessons of This Crisis'
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20 After 20
20 After 20: Joseph McKinstry
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Design
AIA 2010 Housing Awards Honors Best Across Four Housing Types
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Design
Design Details: Outdoor Spaces
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Money
Case-Shiller Index Posts First Annual Gain Since December 2006
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Design
Built-Ins Add Value to New Homes
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Money
Case-Shiller: Home Values Inch Upward in January
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New Urbanism
Resort Community Defies Slump
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Land
Lennar Diversifies Into Distressed Assets
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Design
Market Grows for Live-Work Housing
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Design
A Nuanced View
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Building
Germany-Based Modular Home Supplier Sets Its Sights On America
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Great Finds
Artisan Finishes Milestone Hybridized Portland Cement
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Products
Product Pros and Cons: Oriented Strand Board vs. Plywood
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Money
Study: Affordable Green Homes Pay For Themselves
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Design
Conover Commons, Redmond, Wash.
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2009 leadership awards
top firm: the miller|hull partnership
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Design
Case Study: High Style Meets Energy Efficiency in Denver Duplex
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Design
2009 Gold Nugget Awards: Eastlake 2851
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Design
2009 Gold Nugget Awards: 1521 Second Avenue
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Design
2009 Gold Nugget Awards: Borealis Apartments
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Design
Building and Remodeling for Aging in Place
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Design
Gold Nugget Winners Signal New Era in Housing Design
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Design
10 Cottage Projects You'll Love
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Building
Pacific Lifestyle Homes Could Be Out Of Bankruptcy By Year’s End
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Building
Building Green Brings Gold For Washington State Builder
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Alternate Income
Light commercial provides alternate income to builders during the housing downturn
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America's Best Builders 2009: Estes Builders
America's Best Builders 2009: Estes Builders
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