Issue 22 Larger cities across Washington State have seen an upsurge in multi-family construction over the last several years - much of this is built for rent.  The Federal Reserve of St Louis, citing Census Bureau data indicates nationally, the August 2025 single family housing starts to be 890,...

Issue 21 If you are helping a buyer find a great property in which to build an ADU, one feature that should be at the top of your property search checklist is an alley. The presence of an alley can transform what might be a complicated project into a streamlined opportunity with the potential fo...

Issue 20 As you may have ascertained from reading our newsletter, we are passionate about housing - of all types and sizes. For years, we have shouted from rooftops that our housing starts were not keeping pace with the numbers needed to house our growing population. Now our national housing sho...

Issue 19 Q: I am a real estate agent in Everett. We don’t have a lot of people here thinking about ADUs just yet. We are seeing townhomes and more-dense housing, but ADUs aren’t on everyone’s radar. I think it is just a matter of time. However, I have been thinking about building an ADU myself –...

Issue 18 Q: I have a new listing coming up. It is a house with an ADU built onto the back of the garage. Technically, it can be accessed from the front, around a path to space behind the garage. However, it is also accessed through the house. The current owners are not using the exterior access ...