Real estate rides roller coaster in Whatcom, Skagit counties

Rounded, it’s up 9%. For residential real estate buyers and sellers in Whatcom and Skagit counties, 2022 was quite a ride. Increasingly higher home prices followed by a doubling of mortgage interest rates and a dramatic drop in sales left participants feeling dizzy, if not a little nauseous.  Annual numbers quantify the queasiness. Reports based on data from Northwest Multiple Listing Service — released by The Muljat Group for Whatcom County and Brown McMillen Real Estate for Skagit