Long-sought changes to Tacoma’s multifamily property tax exemption program for developers are on the way, just maybe not as quickly as some might like. Most of the changes approved in December that ...

The Hailey as seen on Tacoma Avenue South in early 2022. The project, which started with a 12-year MFTE, reverted to an 8-year all-market rate version in 2019. Pete Caster pcaster@thenewstribune.com ...

Marianne Weber is staring at a spreadsheet, adjusting costs and checking what else can be cut. She's running the numbers on an apartment complex in Bremerton, and unless she can get close to a 6% ...

SEATTLE — The city of Seattle's Office of Housing (OH) is preparing legislation to extend the Multifamily Property Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program 6 through March 2026. The legislation will enable OH to ...

Developers seeking tax breaks for building multifamily residences in Tacoma so far this year are submitting smaller projects. Tacoma City Council on March 24 approved the fourth multifamily property ...

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to make the city’s Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) permanent. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

A look at the downtown Olympia core -- and a number of its newer mixed-use developments -- from the west side. Steve Bloom sbloom@theolympian.com It’s hard to love a government acronym like the MFTE ...