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Seattle Real Estate

Did anyone see the Seattle Times article(s) this weekend – Seattle is the number one real estate market?  After last week’s headline story “housing hammered” it was a welcome respite.  In the report, Seattle improved its rank to #1 among large cities for best place in invest in commercial and multifamily real estate for 2009.   It is a relative ranking, so it may be merely the byproduct of a rebuke of other cities’ prospects.  Negatives for Seattle included the prospect for WaMu office space vacancies and even Starbucks trimming the fat.