Real Estate Insights From Mark Popach
Market updates, buyer guides, and seller strategies for every city on the Eastside. Written by Mark Popach.
Month-over-month NWMLS numbers for Seattle houses and condos, plus what October’s 7.40% mortgage rate changes. Updated October 2026 | By Mark Popach, real estate agent
Buying a home on the Eastside does not follow the same script as buying in most markets. The timeline is faster, the decisions come earlier,
Moving from Seattle to the Eastside is one of the most common real estate transitions in the region, and one of the most misunderstood. Seattle
The Seattle home seller who listed in 2022 and the one listing in 2026 are operating in fundamentally different environments. Two years ago, sellers could
Twenty minutes separates Bellevue from Seattle. Cross the 520 bridge and you move between two genuinely different ways of living. Both cities are exceptional. Both
Here is the honest problem with comparing seven suburbs: everyone wants a ranked list, and there isn’t one. There’s only a set of trades. You
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