The median price of houses sold in King County last month was $380,000, up 1.3 percent from August 2009 but down nearly 5 percent from July's $399,950. […]

The city of Kirkland bought the former Costco Home store in Totem Lake Wednesday and plans to convert it into a new public-safety building. […]

The Puget Sound region's depressed housing market has entered its third year. More jobs, 60,000, have been lost in the construction industry than any other sector of the state's economy. Building permits have dropped by more than half in King and Snohomish Counties and the county planning staffs have also been slashed. […]

Thanks to a full interior remodel, a houseboat on Seattle's Lake Union has it all: size, location, great views and bright, open living spaces. […]

Salvage in Seattle: Wanting to tear down their house but also save some of it, the owners turn to a nonprofit business that keeps usable stuff from being dumped. […]

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Loans of up to $50,000 are for homeowners in 'hard-hit' areas; Washington not on list of 17 states eligible for aid. […]

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