Katrina Romatowski Puget Sound Business Journal Covers reSpace’s The Grove In the News Puget Sound Business Journal Covers reSpace’s The Grove Independent June 2025 reporting on reSpace’s proposed Grove co-homeownership project in Seattle. In June 2025, the Puget Sound Busin... Aug 29, 2026 In the News
Katrina Romatowski Housing Is the Platform: Why Stability, Ownership, and Opportunity Belong in the Same System reSpace Perspective Housing Is the Platform: Why Stability, Ownership, and Opportunity Belong in the Same System How reSpace, Katrina Eileen Real Estate, and Level Up Home do distinct work across the ... Aug 29, 2026 Real Estate Market Trends
Katrina Romatowski When a Homeowner Wants More From a Property Than a Standard Sale Can Deliver For Property Owners When a Homeowner Wants More From a Property Than a Standard Sale Can Deliver A practical decision framework for owners considering timing, preparation, buyer fit, and the full pote... Aug 29, 2026 Real Estate Market Trends
Katrina Romatowski How Co-Homeownership Works When the Goal Is a Real Home, Not a Workaround Co-Homeownership: How It Works How Co-Homeownership Works When the Goal Is a Real Home, Not a Workaround A practical look at real ownership, clear agreements, shared responsibility, and the questions ... Aug 29, 2026 Co-Homeownership: How It Works
Katrina Romatowski Trust Is Built Into the Agreement: What the Battle of the Barristers Teaches Us About Co-Homeownership Some of the hardest questions in real estate begin where the forms end. That is the idea at the center of Seattle King County REALTORS' annual Battle of the Barristers, taking place September 15 at Me... Aug 28, 2026 Co-Homeownership: How It Works
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