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Sales of real estate in the metaverse topped $500 million last year and could double this year, according to investors and analytics firms. Real estate sales on the four major metaverse platforms reached $501 million in 2021, according to MetaMetric Solutions. Sales in January topped $85 million, the metaverse data provider said. It projects that at this pace sales could reach nearly $1 billion in...

Market indicators suggest that rent hikes are coming in 2022. Average rents for a one-bedroom apartment in the booming suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, have more than doubled year over year, according to data from Apartment Guide. Meanwhile, rents in Manhattan have reached fresh records as life returns to the cities, according to Zumper. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟...

Remember the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone that was set up by activists and “protesters” in June of 2020? The real start of the CHAZ happened on June 8 when police rather suddenly pulled out of the East Precinct police station and boarded up the windows and doors. That gave the mob the sense that they were now in charge of the area and they quickly tagged buildings up and down the street with “ACAB...

Joe Rogan has issued a response to the ongoing controversy that has seen artists including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removing their music from Spotify because of not wanting to share a platform with his popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. In a nearly ten-minute video uploaded to Instagram, Rogan defends his decision to book contentious guests, apologizes to Spotify for the backlash, and...

As of Saturday afternoon Portland police had responded to 92 shootings so far this year. More than two dozen people have been injured and seven people have died. That includes a man who was shot and killed early Friday morning in Old Town. “The numbers are staggering, they are disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, because this is where we were going over the course of last year,” said Sgt. K...

The U.S. Navy is pausing SEAL training at Washington state parks while a legal battle over their use winds its way through the courts. "It is difficult to find peace in the woods when armed frogmen might be lurking behind every tree," lawyers for the Whidbey Environmental Action Network, the group behind the lawsuit against the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, argued in...

Update on mortgage rates, mortgage restrictions, where interest rates are heading - All on the Seattle Real Estate Podcast with host Sean Reynolds. Join guest Dan Chapman of Fairway Independent Mortgage as he talks us through current market conditions. E-Mail: danc@fairwaymc.com Phone: (425) 503-3209 Website: https://www.fairwayindependentmc.com/... #mortgage #interestrates LIKE & SUBSCRIBE fo...

Monday, Jason Rantz reported on the condition of the Target store in downtown Seattle. The store has been subject to an endless wave of shoplifters. According to employees, something is stolen roughly every ten minutes. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3fs6dBU Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with Reasonable+ for uncensored acce...

We've heard that 2022 is going to be equally or more crazy than 2021 was when it comes to real estate in the Seattle metro area, and here's proof. This home at 13419 NE 37th Place in Bellevue, Washington, sold for nearly $1 million over the asking price. It went pending on the market just five days after its debut.  LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3fs6dBU Sup...

Repeated break-ins and a massive rent hike have forced the oldest mom-and-pop sneaker shop in Downtown Seattle to pull up stakes. Sneaker City has spent the past 20 of its 30 years of business right across from Pike Place Market. It’s on Pike Street--right between Starbucks Coffee and Hard Rock Café. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3fs6dBU Support the show 🛍️ Merch - h...

Sioux Falls resident Anastasia Elsinger got a surprise at her doorstep Tuesday afternoon when a police officer delivered her Arby’s DoorDash order. In a Ring camera video that’s now gone viral on Tik Tok, the Sioux Falls Police officer can be heard saying the DoorDash driver had been arrested for “warrants he didn’t take care of.” So, the officer finished the delivery. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new...

While we knew Milwaukee had some good coffee options, best coffee city in the U.S.? That is a surprise. But according to the ranking website listwithclever.com, Brew City is the top coffee city in the country, coming in before Portland at 2, San Francisco at 3 and Buffalo at 4. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3fs6dBU Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. Reasonabl...

Only two recent retired officers among 81 contacted by Police Chief Chuck Lovell have expressed interest in helping fill Portland police vacancies under the city-approved retire-rehire program. The chief urged them to consider returning in a letter last month, acknowledging that those who had retired since August 2020 left “at a time of great despair for the Bureau and the City of Portland.” LIKE...

Spotify has sided with its podcast superstar over Neil Young. The legendary folk singer gave the streaming behemoth an ultimatum earlier this week, saying he refused to allow his music on the same platform as Joe Rogan. The “Heart of Gold” singer accused Rogan and his podcast of spreading false information about COVID-19 vaccines. Spotify reportedly paid more than $100 million to be the exclusive...

Faced with mounting pressure from rapidly rising consumer prices, the Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates sooner — and perhaps more aggressively — than had been expected just a few months ago. The central bank is trying to prevent stubbornly high inflation from becoming a permanent feature of the economy. Prices in December were up 7% from a year earlier — the sharpest jump in nea...

2021 was a record year with average home prices increasing nearly 20%. Homes were flying off the market with multiple offers, no inspections and buyers paying over asking. But that frenzy has made many weary and many more suffering with buyer’s remorse. According to a Bankrate survey, 64% of Millenials, which drove much of the housing market in 2021, say they regret in some form or another their h...

The Seattle Police Department announced sweeping new policies on Friday as to how officers initiate most traffic stops. Interim Chief Adrian Diaz announced the controversial new policies through the SPD Blotter, explaining that Seattle police officers will no longer be able to treat many violation as a primary reason to initiate a traffic stop. The changes were made for the sake of  "equity.&...

President Joe Biden and members of his White House Competition Council met for a second time Monday as the administration seeks to rein in a politically damaging surge of inflation. Biden said he and the council -- which includes cabinet members such as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Attorney General Merrick Garland -- were meeting to lay out their top priorities...

A musician onboard a luxury cruise liner that diverted to the Bahamas to avoid a US arrest warrant over unpaid fuel bills says its 700 crew and passengers were shocked to learn the vessel was fleeing “like a pirate ship”. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with Reasonable+ for uncensored access to our entire content library: https://ReasonableTV.com/ 💬 JOIN...

The ongoing delay of return-to-office policies is putting a damper on the nation’s office markets, and Seattle is no exception. A CommercialEdge report shows the Seattle area’s average office space listing rate in December was down 2.5% from the year prior, to $35.67 per square foot. Only Manhattan’s office market price drop, which is down 7.2% year-over-year, is steeper. Support the show 🛍️ Merch...

Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to extend countywide eviction protections through the end of this year. The board also continued a freeze on rent hikes for many tenants in unincorporated parts of the county. Under the new rules, landlords will not be able to evict low-income tenants hurt by COVID-19 over non-payment of rent until at least 2023. However, the approved plan wi...

As the stock market has convulsed lower and yields for bonds have surged in recent weeks, culminating in a so-called correction for the Nasdaq Composite Index, average Americans are wondering what’s amiss with Wall Street. Increasingly, Google searches have been focused on the state of the market (and the economy), and for a good reason. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store. ReasonableTV.com/...

Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesn't feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value of his land in northwest Iowa, it's an apt way to describe him, even if he laughs at the idea. He lives in the same nearly century-old house, grows veggies in the family garden and shops at the same grocery store about 15 miles (24 kilometers) down the road. "We live th...

A federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked President Biden's mandate for federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the latest blow to the White House's vaccination efforts. Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed by former President Trump, wrote that the order exceeded the president's authority. The case is about "whether the President can, with the stroke of a pen an...

A decaying, 122-year-old Victorian marketed as "the worst house on the best block" of San Francisco has sold for nearly $2 million — an eye-catching price that the realtor said was the outcome of overbidding in an auction. A developer's $1.97 million cash offer for the 2,158-square-foot (200-square-meter) property in the Noe Valley neighborhood was finalized last week. On the social...