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Tell us about your bargain properties
10/10/2008 1:54 PM
The upside of all this housing gloom is that homes that previously seemed unreachably expensive are now more reasonably priced ........

S&P/Case-Shiller report more drops in home prices
9/30/2008 3:47 PM
The sharpest national home price drop ever meant a strong tumble in Puget Sound home prices, according to a new ........

Midwest, Texas, havens for inexpensive housing
9/15/2008 4:38 PM
A new study by Coldwell Banker Real Estate rates Tacoma's residential real estate prices 129th in the country among 316 ........

Foreclosure filings climb in Pierce County, across the country
9/12/2008 4:46 PM
Foreclosure filings in Pierce County for August rose 17 percent from the previous month, a 60 percent jump from last ........

Home prices fall again, but the decline isn't as bad as before
9/9/2008 4:42 PM
Median home prices in Pierce County dropped in August even as the number of homes on the market declined. Figures released ........

Report: Foreclosures and delinquencies still on the rise
9/8/2008 6:45 PM
Here is some more bad news for the housing industry. More people in Washington are behind on their mortgage payments this ........

Coming Sunday
9/4/2008 5:11 PM
I am putting together a story about what the market is like right now, especially for first-time buyers. I tagged ........

What's in the middle?
8/26/2008 5:28 PM
Pierce County’s median home price was $255,000 in July, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. That’s where the median stands ........

Tips to getting your home ready to sell
8/26/2008 5:07 PM
Molly Smith spends much of her time making other people's houses look good. Smith owns Molly Smith Designs in Tacoma, ........

How accurate are those real estate web sites?
8/22/2008 5:40 PM
If you've spent any time on Zillow or Trulia you've probably wondered: how accurate is the information you find on ........