Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Page updated at 03:52 p.m.

Editor Cindy Zetts dishes on real-estate and development around Puget Sound: She lived in apartments, townhomes and houses -- a dozen of them in four states -- before settling in the Seattle area in 1997.

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You don't have to wait until Sunday anymore to read the latest from Elizabeth Rhodes. She is hunting down the answers to your real-estate questions as they pop up throughout the week.

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Slide in existing-home sales in state steepest in Central Puget Sound area

Washington's home sales are down, and the dip is more pronounced in the Central Puget Sound region, which has the lion's share of the state's...

Foreclosure rates soar in April

Recent stories

Sunday, May 11

April home sales | Single-family house sales by county

Price points| Recently sold homes in Seattle

Saturday, May 10

Rural land prices soar as people trade city for country

Upside to downturn: Remodel may cost less

Homeowners switch to costlier fixed-rate loans amid ARM fears

Belfair | A study in contrasts on the Hood Canal | Neighborhood of the week

Better home-appraisal system may be coming | Nation's Housing

Real estate calendar

Friday, May 9

He's a King County foreclosure man: "I'm the bearer of bad news"

Wednesday, May 7

Housing gloom turns glummer

Tuesday, May 6

Buyers drive hard bargains in Puget Sound area real-estate market

Monday, May 5

Home prices in King County continue upward trend

Saturday, May 3

The house that got away

Bellevue affordable-housing plan up for discussion

Check out commute before you buy

Stage your home to help sell it quicker | Real estate how-to

The Highlands at Newcastle | Close-knit, stately | Neighborhood of the week

Broker may be to blame if locked rate is lost | Mortgage professor

Mortgage-market credit restrictions expand | Nation's Housing

Real estate calendar

Friday, May 2

Rezoning urged to aid project at Goodwill site

Wednesday, April 30

Town homes spark neighborhood debate

Seattle home prices show dip on national index, fare better than elsewhere in the nation

Seattle shines

City's leadership in green building makes it a closely watched bellwether.

Who says there is nothing new?

Straw-bale house won't blow away

Green houses in Green Lake

Resources | Glossary | Appliances

How can you tell what's really green?

Look to reputable programs to learn what products and methods are energy savers.

Discards treasured second time around

Reusing and recycling parts of old buildings and their contents is in vogue.

Craftsman homes
can go green

New windows, lots of insulation and solar power transform bungalows.

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See how your neighborhood stacks up

Find detailed condo and home sales information on more than 100 neighborhoods in King and South Snohomish counties. Compare neighborhoods side-by-side or sort them by price and sales data.

Home prices: from sizzle to simmer

Buyers find ray of hope in condos

House price and sales data

Condo price and sales data

Residential real estate
Seattle real-estate economist Matthew Gardner and The Times' Elizabeth Rhodes answered your questions on the area's residential real estate market.

"I was wondering what the typical process is to secure a condo during the pre-sale..."
— John C., Seattle

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