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Real Estate & housing

Housing values in Clark County have grown at varying rates, depending on neighborhood.

Clark County real estate illustrates the rule: It’s all about location

Housing values in Clark County have grown at varying rates, depending on neighborhood.

June 14, 2024, 6:03am Business

Some say that if you close your eyes, click your heels three times and say, “Location, location, location,” a Clark County real estate agent will appear. Read story

Energy Adviser: Homebuyers should note residence’s energy costs

June 8, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

Buying a home is a complicated process. No matter how confident a buyer is in their budgeting process, unforeseen costs almost always slip in at some point. One of the costs which is often overlooked by homebuyers but may be an important factor when deciding whether to purchase or pass… Read story

Real estate experts encourage buyers not to let high interest rates scare them out of the housing market.

Clark County experts: Time to buy a home is now, before dip in interest rates increases competition

Real estate experts encourage buyers not to let high interest rates scare them out of the housing market.

May 25, 2024, 6:02am Business

High interest rates are making it harder for people to buy homes in Clark County’s already hot market. But buyers shouldn’t wait for interest rates to drop, real estate agents and mortgage brokers working in Clark County say. Read story

Ariana Watson

Clark County Business Briefing for May 18, 2024

Ariana Watson

May 20, 2024, 5:59am Business Briefs

People in Business Ariana Watson has joined the Vancouver East office of Coldwell Banker Bain as an associate broker. She comes to the office with seven years of real estate experience. A licensed agent in Washington and Oregon, she was previously with Ciot Group Real Estate, a boutique brokerage in… Read story

A new state law is requiring the city of Vancouver to allow duplexes, fourplexes and even sometimes sixplexes in any single-family home neighborhood.

How Washington’s local governments have moved to allow for denser housing

A new state law is requiring the city of Vancouver to allow duplexes, fourplexes and even sometimes sixplexes in any single-family home neighborhood.

April 11, 2024, 1:34pm Business Free

Washington lawmakers in recent years have passed laws to require local governments to allow for more housing density with duplexes, triplexes or attached dwelling units. Read story

A motorist passes an empty field, right, where a Home2Suites is proposed near Southeast Mill Plain, on Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2024.

Home2Suites by Hilton extended stay hotel in the works for east Vancouver

A motorist passes an empty field, right, where a Home2Suites is proposed near Southeast Mill Plain, on Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2024.

April 4, 2024, 2:29pm Business

As plans continue to further develop The Landing at Vancouver, a Home2Suites by Hilton extended stay hotel has been proposed off Southeast Olympia Drive, just north of Mill Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver. Read story

A new state law is requiring the city of Vancouver to allow duplexes, fourplexes and even sometimes sixplexes in any single-family home neighborhood.

Following new state law, Vancouver will create rules to allow duplexes, fourplexes in any neighborhood

A new state law is requiring the city of Vancouver to allow duplexes, fourplexes and even sometimes sixplexes in any single-family home neighborhood.

March 21, 2024, 6:07am Business

The city of Vancouver is moving toward implementing state-required rules that would permit duplexes, fourplexes and even some sixplexes in any neighborhood, even those zoned for single-family residences. Read story

The old Lieser Elementary School site in Vancouver Heights is set to become home to nearly 100 affordable housing units, an agency serving children and a new city fire station over the next few years. A park will remain on the site, too. The redevelopment project was pitched as a partnership between the Vancouver Housing Authority, the city of Vancouver, and Educational Opportunities for Children and Families.

New subdivision planned at site of former Lieser Elementary School in Vancouver Heights

The old Lieser Elementary School site in Vancouver Heights is set to become home to nearly 100 affordable housing units, an agency serving children and a new city fire station over the next few years. A park will remain on the site, too. The redevelopment project was pitched as a partnership between the Vancouver Housing Authority, the city of Vancouver, and Educational Opportunities for Children and Families.

January 30, 2024, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive

After purchasing the former Lieser Elementary School site, the Vancouver Housing Authority plans to bring nearly 100 affordable housing units and opportunities for homeownership to the property. Read story

Dean Kirkland, chairman of Kirkland Developments, left, oversees work on the foundation of Hotel Indigo along the Vancouver Waterfront in 2018. The developer has faced legal headwinds in recent months.

Vancouver developer Dean Kirkland keeps building despite legal disputes

Dean Kirkland, chairman of Kirkland Developments, left, oversees work on the foundation of Hotel Indigo along the Vancouver Waterfront in 2018. The developer has faced legal headwinds in recent months.

January 27, 2024, 6:06am Business

Prominent Vancouver developer Dean Kirkland said Friday that his Clark County projects are continuing despite facing legal headwinds in recent months. Read story

An employee works at ePac Flexible Packaging at the Vancouver Innovation Center in east Vancouver. The industrial center has undergone an extensive renovation since developers bought it in 2020.

Vancouver Innovation Center now a nicer place to innovate

An employee works at ePac Flexible Packaging at the Vancouver Innovation Center in east Vancouver. The industrial center has undergone an extensive renovation since developers bought it in 2020.

January 13, 2024, 6:09am Business

The campus formerly occupied by HP Inc. in east Vancouver no longer feels like it’s stuck in the 1980s. Read story