Washington

U.S. home prices reached a new record high in June, with values increasing 5.5% since the beginning of the year, according to Black Knight Financial Services.

If there's one word that comes up more than any other in the Seattle-area housing market, it's probably "bubble."

For the first time ever, the median King County, Wash., home price has grown more than $100,000 in just a year, a new grim milestone for buyers already dealing with the hottest housing market in the country.

A Pierce County judge says a notorious Seattle landlord — not thieves — tried to profit from cutting wires throughout a vacant Tacoma apartment building and ordered him to pay $1.1 million.

The inventory crunch caused the time a property lists until it goes into contract to reach a new low in June, at 36 days, according to Redfin.

Workers across Washington and the Seattle area finally got a good pay hike last year, and yet it didn't amount to much compared with the state's soaring cost of housing, which led the nation last year.

Brent Beardall, who recently took the helm at Washington Federal, discusses having excess capital, myriad potential fintech partners and why he would tweak — not repeal — Dodd-Frank.