After 21 consecutive months, Seattle’s reign of being the nation’s hottest housing market has come to an end. The newest Case-Shiller home price index, released August 28th, revealed Las Vegas outpaced Seattle by a fraction of a percentage point in June. So, what does this mean for the Emerald City?
Seattle remains to have one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. As 2017 closed, so did the highest median home prices in the city’s history. With the end of the first month of 2018, we are now able to look at what might happen through the year with median prices as we compare the first month of this year with January 2017.
Cryptocurrency strikes again! Bitcoin has been making headlines for being the means for real estate purchases across the country. This time cryptocurrency dipped into the local housing market in the sale of a home in Tukwila.