What Was Under Your Tree This Year?
The following appears in this months edition of Master Builder, a regular publication of the Master Builders Association of Snohomish and King Counties. If builders in Seattle were hoping to find a Christmas present under their trees from the City of Seattle through the so-called Grand Bargain they are likely to be disappointed. In fact, […]
Grand Bargain: 10 Questions for the Mayor and City Council (and City Attorney)
December 14, 2015 Dear Mayor Murray and Members of the City Council, In the days and weeks since the announcement of the Grand Bargain, concerns and uncertainty have grown among people who build housing and mixed-use development outside of Downtown and South Lake Union about how mandatory upzones associated with the Bargain will be implemented. […]
Commercial Linkage: Math that Makes You Go “Hmmmm.”
For years we’ve been saying that the best thing to do if we want housing prices to stabilize or even go down is to build lots more housing, including subsidized housing. The basic economic principle is that price—whether it is for an apple at the local grocery store or Napoleon’s hat—is a quantitative measure of […]
