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Back to News Center Issues & Impacts is a quarterly publication produced by Seattle King County REALTORS® to inform members about current issues and successes within the Government Affairs Department. IN THIS ISSUE: Mayor Harrell Announces ADU Proposal “Rent-Back” Protection Following Closing Woodinville Landlord-Tenant Issues Schools and Public Safety ADUs…
Read More Back to News Center REALTORS® know “strong schools” and “public safety” are two of the most important factors homebuyers consider when looking for a home in a neighborhood they can afford. Our primary focus remains fixed on “housing supply” and “affordability” because that’s where REALTORS® can provide unique expertise. Even…
Read More Back to News Center Seattle King County REALTORS® is working throughout the region to encourage cities to adopt flexible and bold comprehensive plan policies to not just accommodate, but encourage ADUs and middle housing in their cities, in compliance with HB 1110 and HB 1337. We are encouraging policy makers…
Read More Back to News Center Kittitas REALTORS® identified an emerging issue involving lack of access to homeowner insurance for (a) homeowners needing to renew their coverage, (b) buyers purchasing a property, and (c) properties previously insured under homeowner insurance policies that have expired or been canceled. Increasingly, wildfire-related losses on properties,…
Read More Back to News Center The cities of Duvall, Lake Forest Park, and Bellevue are in the process of revising their sign codes. SKCR continues to guard against any changes that would constrain the use of on-premises for sale signs and off-premises open house A-boards. Sign codes updates are complicated and…
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Back to News Center The 2024 General Election REALTOR® Endorsement Guide will be delivered to homes next week (by October 18)-the same time as your ballot. For over 50 years, the REALTOR® Association has been one of the strongest and most successful advocacy organizations in the nation. Our success comes…
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Back to News Center Contributed by Marissa Beach, SKCR Director at Large In the spring of 2023, thanks to the advocacy and leadership of Washington REALTORS®, the Housing Development Consortium, the Black Home Initiative, Rep. Jamila Taylor, Sen. John Lovick, and Rep. Frank Chopp, and countless others, the Washington State…
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Back to News Center Issues & Impacts is a quarterly publication produced by Seattle King County REALTORS® to inform members about current issues and successes within the Government Affairs Department. IN THIS ISSUE: REALTORS® Support City Initiatives for Homeownership Changes to Kittitas County Real Estate Excise Taxes (REET) REALTOR®-Proposed Lot-Splitting…
Read More Back to News Center After a year of work with the Planning Commission and City Council, REALTORS® successfully preserved the allowance of the real estate industry to use “For Sale” signs on premises and open house A-Boards off premises in the City of Woodinville. Our goal was to reverse a…
Read More Back to News Center The cities of Duvall and Lake Forest Park are in the process of revising their sign codes. As with our work in Woodinville, our goal is to guard against any changes that would constrain the use of use “For Sale” signs on premises and open house…
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