Rachael Barclay Buying a Home in Seattle Without a Partner: How Single Buyers Actually Do It in 2026 Nobody hands you a pamphlet for this one. The standard Seattle homebuying playbook quietly assumes two incomes, and if you are buying alone, you feel that assumption on every single listing. So let us... Jul 27, 2026 Co-Homeownership: How It Works
Rachael Barclay Washington First-Time Buyer Programs in 2026: What Actually Exists, and Where the Gaps Are If you have ever Googled "first-time buyer programs Washington," you know the feeling. A dozen acronyms, a maze of income limits, and a nagging suspicion that none of it quite adds up to a house in Se... Jul 27, 2026 Homebuying Tips
Rachael Barclay Seattle Ranks 204th Out of 300 for First-Time Home Buyers. Here Is the Math, and the Way In. On July 14, 2026, WalletHub published its annual ranking of the best and worst U.S. cities for first-time home buyers. It graded 300 cities across 22 metrics in three equally weighted buckets: afforda... Jul 16, 2026 Real Estate Market Trends
Rachael Barclay Living in Leschi: Owning in One of Seattle's Best Lakeside Neighborhoods Some Seattle neighborhoods you admire from the outside. Leschi is one of them: a quiet stretch on the western shore of Lake Washington, named for Chief Leschi of the Nisqually, about a ten-minute driv... Jul 15, 2026 Homebuying Tips
Rachael Barclay Co-Buying a House With Friends in Seattle: How It Works (and How to Do It Safely) Teaming up to buy a home is no longer a fringe idea. More than one in four first-time buyers now purchase with a co-buyer , according to the National Association of Realtors, and national outlets from... Jul 15, 2026 Co-Homeownership: How It Works
Rachael Barclay How to Afford a Home in Seattle in 2026 (Without $190,000 Down) Buying a home in Seattle can feel impossible, and the numbers explain why. To afford a median-priced home in the Seattle metro, Redfin says a buyer needs to earn roughly $219,000 a year , and the medi... Jul 15, 2026 Homebuying Tips
Rachael Barclay Is Co-Homeownership a Timeshare? No. Here Is What It Actually Is When people first hear about co-homeownership, their brain reaches for the nearest familiar box: timeshare, co-living, commune, condo. None of them fit. So let us clear the boxes one at a time, becaus... Jul 15, 2026 Co-Homeownership: How It Works
Rachael Barclay Can I Buy a Home in Seattle If I'm Self-Employed or a Freelancer? Here is a frustration a lot of talented people in Seattle know well: you earn a good living, but because it comes from 1099s, contracts, or your own business, the mortgage world treats you like a risk... Jul 15, 2026 Homebuying Tips
Rachael Barclay Renting vs. Buying in Seattle: The Real 10-Year Math "Should I keep renting or try to buy?" In Seattle that question usually ends with a shrug, because buying feels impossible and renting feels safe. But safe is not the same as smart. Let us do the actu... Jul 15, 2026 Real Estate Market Trends
Rachael Barclay Half a Generation Moved Back Home. The Market Broke, Not Them. An op-ed by Rachael Barclay. A Voice of the Movement. Jun 3, 2026 In the News
Rachael Barclay Building For People Who Refuse to Rent Their Whole Lives An op-ed by Rachael Barclay. A Voice of the Movement. Jun 3, 2026 In the News
Rachael Barclay Americans Stopped Knowing Their Neighbors. reSpace Designed a Home That Fixes That. Axios just published a number that should stop you cold. In 2012, 59% of Americans chatted with their neighbors a few times a week. By 2025, that number had dropped to 41%. Among Americans aged 18 to 29, it collapsed... co-homeownership In the News Leschi loneliness crisis Seattle Jun 2, 2026 In the News