5 Pitfalls to Watch for When Researching Niche Markets If you haven't taken a dive into your MLS stats and tried out its powerful market data tools, you're really missing out on an incredible opportunity to identify niche markets for growing your business, trends that will help your buyers and s
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07/17/2025
5 Reform Issues Faced by Housing I am back from Spokane where I attended our state legislative meeting for Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) and I am here to give you an update on what we have been focusing on and what you can expect over the next year. Everything I'm going to t
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07/11/2025
Get Plugged-In to Your Local Housing Movement If you are not plugged-in to your local, regional, or national housing information centers, you need to be! In other words, where do you get your information to give to your clients about what is happening in real estate, nationally and regionally? F
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06/06/2025
Have You Boarded the Middle Housing Train? I know it sounds like I have been harping on middle housing, and you know, I am! Here's why. Today I am in California and what am I doing? I am researching middle housing everywhere in California just like I have in Nevada, in Oregon, and Washington Sta
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05/14/2025
Stressed About Tariffs? Time to Fix Your Focus I cannot let this week go by without addressing what everybody is seeing in the news and that is tariffs. Although tariffs on Canadian lumber have not increased further at this time, the reality is that the impact of expansive, across-the-board tari
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04/11/2025
Sellers Who Think They Can Build the Empire State Building on their Property Sellers usually have an inflated idea of the potential of their property, especially when it comes to price. Couple that with zoning changes brought on by comprehensive plan updates and middle housing initiatives introd
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04/10/2025
The Many Sides of Middle Housing Innovation When it comes to middle housing, I am excited about everything that is happening here in Washington State and around the country! I just came back from the International Builder Show in Las Vegas and my goodness, middle housing on everybody’s top list
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03/13/2025
Tariffs, Real Estate, and You Tariffs are back in the public consciousness in a big way since our newly elected President Trump has begun using them to drive policy. For my longtime viewers, you know I am not for the left- politician or the right- politician. I am for smart government decision m
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02/14/2025
A Conversation with John Wilson, King County Assessor This week, instead of my usual Zebra Report, I'd like to share with you an important interview that I recently held with Washington State King County Assessor, and long-time friend, John Wilson. John and I go back many, many years and I've ha
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01/31/2025
You Need an Edge I get asked this same question every year, "Denise, why are you so passionate about doing an entire analysis of everything: real estate, housing legislation, new construction, jobs, transportation, migration, infrastructure, and more?" The answer is simple. When you know more, y
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01/17/2025
