Seattle ranks among top 10 cities with highest home price gains over past decade: report
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A real estate sign in Seattle.Claire Maulding, Special to the Seattle P-I
Home prices in the Seattle area have gone up significantly over the past year during the coronavirus pandemic.
Low inventory and high buyer demand has lead to competition over the few homes on the market, driving the already expensive home prices in the area even higher.
Home prices in the Seattle area have been rising for years. According to a new study from PropertyShark, Seattle homes that were sold in 2009 were resold in 2019 at a more than 50% higher median price. Seattle ranked ninth among cities with the highest home price gains over the course of the decade, according to the study.
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Joovy Supports National Park Foundation with New National Park Collection
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We hope this will change how families look at everyday products. Connecting an endangered animal to something you use every day creates the opportunity to empower children and their families with empathy for these essential creatures. IRVINE, Calif. (PRWEB) April 07, 2021 Today, Joovy, a global leader in premium juvenile, toy, and sporting good products for young children, announced its new national park collection in partnership with the National Park Foundation.
The collection, available at joovy.com, includes fun and educational products featuring endangered animals that live in national parks. Products include high chairs, walkers, tricycles, and bikes, as well as interactive placemats for family mealtime, fact-based board books, and plush toys that can help teach children empat
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Even as temporary closures and other pandemic-related restrictions largely were responsible for an overall drop in visitors to National Park Service sites in 2020, Colorado National Monument was among the numerous exceptions that saw visitor numbers jump.
The Mesa County attraction, which stayed open unlike some Park Service sites that closed during COVID-19âs initial spread last spring, tallied 435,625 recreational visitors last year, up from 397,032 in 2019, a nearly 10% increase.
That contrasts with a 28% decrease nationally in visitors last year to parks, monuments and other sites managed by the Park Service, with total visitor numbers falling to 237 million.
According to the agency, as many as 66 of the 423 parks, monuments and other sites in the National Park System were fully closed for two months or more last year. While Colorado National Monument took measures that at times included closing its campground, picnic areas and visitor center, it also temporarily waived e