Puget Sound Region’s population as of April 1, 2018 was 4,134,660. Over the past year, the region added 67,860 people, which is down from last year but still strong.

MBAKS Executive Director Kat Sims says, “In our continued efforts to advocate for the builders and residents of our great region, Marco’s experience with city government will be an asset to our association members as well as the cities and homeowners for which they build market-rate, middle-income and affordable-housing options.”

Every year, Seattle Business magazine puts out their list of the 100 best companies to work for, based on anonymous employee survey responses. Full disclosure, we were a little perturbed Seattle Business magazine didn’t expand the list to 3,000 and put all our awesome members on the list, but there’s always next year.

According to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, May was the first time King County had more than a month's supply of homes for sale since September 2017.

BIAW and other partners, including MBAKS and several of its members, have received a 2018 City Champion Award in the Partners for Progress category from the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) for finding common ground to help pass Hirst and Foster “fix” legislation and for efforts to ensure city challenges were expressed throughout the process.