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Seattle’s economic recovery slowed

Despite above-average growth in both employment and output, economic recovery in the Seattle area has been hampered by the weak housing market, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. Seattle’s slow recovery from the...

Seattle’s Smith Tower sold for nearly $37 million

Seattle’s historic Smith Tower was sold Friday for nearly $37 million in a foreclosure auction on the steps of the King County Administration Building.

Seattle home prices fall 1.3 percent in Dec

The Seattle metropolitan area posted one of the steeper home-price declines in the country in December, according to the closely watched Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index. Prices were down 1.3 percent from November and...

Seattle not sold on Mayor McGinn

More than two years since he took office, Mayor Mike McGinn enjoys the approval of just one-third of Seattle citizens, according to a new KING 5 News poll.