Senate Bill 5096 proposed a 9% capital gains tax for the sale or exchange of long term capital assets, beginning January 1, 2022. Governor Inslee has signed the bill. The bill would apply to individuals as well as to owners Read more…
Month: January 2021
A Senate Bill in Washington State would prohibit landlords from terminating, or refusing to renew a rental lease that expires at the end of the lease term, until 2 years after expiration of any public health emergency. The only exceptions Read more…
Ingo Winzer, one of the best real estate market researchers, is predicting that the pandemic will probably last beyond 2021 and that the economy won’t recover for a couple of years. He believes that there will be a large number Read more…
A recent Harris Poll stated that greater than 65% of homeowners would consider moving to a different city if they could work from home indefinitely. People have been leaving high density areas (particularly New York City and San Francisco but Read more…