If you’re a homeowner seeing property values plummet, look to the commercial real estate market for solace. It might tell you which areas will recover fastest – and which will likely remain weak.
The Urban Land Institute recently asked 700 real estate professionals to name the best (and worst) places to invest in commercial real estate [...]

There was no denying the Seattle-area’s real estate funk at Williams Marketing’s annual forecast breakfast Friday.
Kicking off the event, Williams President Leslie Williams noted that area real estate professionals were feeling good a year ago about how the market was holding up much better than others.
“Now Seattle’s getting their butt kicked, too,” she said.
Seattle has [...]

Default Research, the premier provider of Seattle foreclosure data, is reporting that King, Pierce and Snohomish counties saw Notice of Trustee Sales increase to 3,379 in the second quarter of 2008, up from 2,743 in the first quarter. The three hardest hit cities in the region were Tacoma (464), Seattle (412), and Puyallap (191).
“There are [...]