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Top 20 Unique Home Features
Sometimes, finding the perfect home can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack! If you are a budding musician looking for a home with a recording studio, or would love a heated driveway so you never have to shovel snow again, NWMLS brokers have advanced searching tools to [..]
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A 40 Year Evolution of NWMLS Keys & Keyboxes
Since its inception in 1984, NWMLS has provided our membership with the most advanced technology to safely and securely access listed properties. Let’s take a walk through the last four decades to reminisce about the evolution of NWMLS’s real estate keys and keybox technology. Fun Fact: The first real estate [..]
Market Snapshot
Market Snapshot March 2024
March 2024 Overview These interactive charts help visualize important year-over-year real estate statistics such as the number of active listings, new listings entered during the month, pending sales, closed sales, and months of inventory. Access data for individual counties by using the drop-down filter menu. You may download and share [..]
Market Update
Decreased mortgage rates have yet to influence the market
Interest rates have decreased by 0.15% over the past month to 6.79%, and while the rate decrease is encouraging, it has yet to have a significant impact on prospective buyers’ purchasing power or prospective sellers’ willingness to give up low interest rate mortgages.
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The History of Searching for Listings: 40 Years of Powering the Region’s Real Estate Industry
As NWMLS celebrates our 40th Anniversary in 2024, let’s take a look back at the evolution of how brokers advertised and searched for listings for their clients over the last four decades. Prior to the 1980s Before a database was available, MLS staff gathered paper copies of listing input sheets [..]
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Going Green in the Pacific Northwest
In the last three years, Northwest MLS brokers have sold more than 3,300 residential homes and condominiums that were “green certified.” What is “Green Certified”? Green certification is an endorsement given to homes that are built to meet specific environmental sustainability criteria, such as resource efficiency, energy conservation, and waste [..]
Market Snapshot
Market Snapshot February 2024
February 2024 Overview These interactive charts help visualize important year-over-year real estate statistics such as the number of active listings, new listings entered during the month, pending sales, closed sales, and months of inventory. You can access data for individual counties by using the drop-down filter menu. You may download [..]
Market Update
Cautious market optimism as seasonal changes take shape
The real estate market has remained slow in accordance with typical seasonal patterns, with expected increases in activity as winter transitions into spring.
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The Growth of NWMLS: 40 Years of Powering the Region’s Real Estate Industry
In celebration of NWMLS’s 40th anniversary in 2024, let’s take a look at how our organization has expanded over the years with the merger of 22 MLSs to become the largest member-owned, not-for-profit multiple listing service in the region. 1984 Eastside Brokers Association, North End Brokers Association, South West Multiple [..]
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