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Kenmore staff: permit reviews largely steady, fewer pre-apps; city met state permit-reporting deadline
Summary
Development services director Samantha Luec told the council that while pre‑application activity has declined, overall land‑use, engineering and building permits remain steady; Kenmore reported compliance with the state permit‑streamlining report and is tracking pipelines affected by market trends and costs.
Kenmore's development services director, Sam (Samantha Luec), presented an update on local permitting and housing-market trends and told councilors the city met state reporting requirements for permit-streamlining.
Luec said statewide construction employment has softened, builder confidence (HMI) ran below 50 (nationally 39, regionally 36), and higher material costs and interest rates are limiting new construction. She cited median prices presented in the slides as roughly $649,000 for Washington state, about $850,000 for King County and about $1,000,000 for Kenmore; using a $1 million…
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