Rent control could be coming to Seattle. Western Washington is already one of the more expensive places to live in the US. A vote by Seattle City Council could upend the rental market even more by ...

According to a recent 2025 Annual Single-Family Rentals Report released by Rentometer, the median rent for a three-bedroom ...

SEATTLE — The City of Seattle has unveiled a substantial investment in affordable housing, announcing $155 million in funding ...

Why Seattle rents have gone up 29% in a year. Navigating politics and generational divides in the Vietnamese-American community. Kids get a pretty "cool" and "slimy" look at how conservation works in ...

SEATTLE — The median asking rent in downtown Seattle grew for the first time in 17 months, according to a Redfin analysis, as experts wait to see the impact of Amazon’s return-to-office policy. Redfin ...

Seattle tenants have a new protection against big rent hikes. The city now requires landlords who raise rents and fees by 10% or more after July 1 to pay certain tenants who move out after the ...

SEATTLE — To comfortably afford rent in Seattle, the typical household needs to make $89,000 a year, according to a new Zillow report. The tech real-estate company issued a November market report ...

This story is part of a Seattle Times focus on the affordability crisis in the Northwest. We explore the high cost of living and wealth disparities that shape our region; examine policies that impact ...

Seattle's average rent rose to $2,110 per month in June, up 1.4% from last year and 30% above the national average, making it one of the most expensive rental markets in the U.S. Studio apartments ...

The nightmare tenant’s free ride in a Seattle rental home will continue into 2024, if not longer, as a continuance was granted in the long-awaited eviction hearing in King County Superior Court Monday ...

In a potential boon for tenants, last week Seattle Sen. Jamie Pedersen breathed new life into a bill to reduce rent-gouging when he steered the legislation away from his chamber's housing committee, ...

Seattle’s City Council has advanced an ordinance aimed at banning “algorithmic rent fixing” — a method where landlords use software tools to analyze market data and automatically set rent at the ...