A Cooler Market for Fall

There’s a chill in the air—and in the Western Washington housing market. In this month’s Local Look, Windermere Principal Economist Jeff Tucker explains how cooling sales, growing inventory, and shifting prices are creating a very different market for buyers and sellers this fall. Watch the full update.

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Free Money for E-Bikes:
WA's Monthly Rebate Lottery Is Open Now

Want up to $1,200 off a new e-bike? Washington is giving away rebates every single month through March 2027 — and one application gets Seattle residents entered in every drawing automatically.

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Even the Birds Are Relocating

Turns out we're not the only ones on the move this fall — BirdCast estimates 751,700 birds migrated over King County in a single night last week. Proof that September in the Pacific Northwest is peak season for relocating, whether you have wings or a moving truck.

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A Seattle Original: The Gas Station

What every day roadside stop made its American debut in Seattle?

The gas station. In the spring of 1907, Standard Oil's John McLean rigged a 30-gallon tank with a glass gauge and a hose at Holgate Street and Western Avenue — and pumped gasoline straight into cars for the first time. Before that, drivers hauled gas home in five-gallon cans from the general store. St. Louis and Pittsburgh dispute the title, but Seattle has the receipts: a 1947 marker still stands near East Marginal Way South, just south of the SR 99 tunnel. Go find it.

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