Fewer than half of new private-sector jobs created in the second quarter were in lower-wage industries, as high-wage industries added 6,000 new jobs—the biggest gain in that sector in the last two years.
The local job market and Seattle's appeal to Millennials are the two pillars that will continue to support the extraordinary demand for rental housing in one of the most active US multifamily markets.
Dollar stores proliferated across the US as the economy sank into a recession, but instead of tapering off, demand for the sector's cheap goods increased after a recovery took hold.
In our exclusive audio interview, NKF's research director Marianne Skorupski says rising office vacancy rates could be a sign that the expansion mode has ended, or at least is taking a breather.