The hunt for housing in Seattle has shifted, bringing attention to neighborhoods once overlooked and new vitality to longtime favorites.
Just count the out-the-door cafe lines to circumvent on the way to the bus stop. Construction continues and new studio dwellers roll up laden with moving boxes and a sense of possibility. Yet Seattle itself has not come to a halt. With an overabundance of new apartment units and drops in median home prices-down $116,000 since spring of 2018-the real estate market has softened in the last year, according to a Seattle Times analysis.
