By David Petersen – Washington’s new Solicited Real Property Act took effect on January 1, 2026. The purported goal of the Act is to apply existing consumer protection laws for the benefit of sellers who...
By David Petersen – Property tax compression is back in the news in Oregon because of a recent combination of a softening market, rising assessments, and local government funding stress. Understanding these shifts now is...
By David Petersen and guest blogger Greg Manning of Pioneer Project Partners – In our blog post on June 12, we discussed the provisions of the “big, beautiful bill” that would retool and extend the...
By David Petersen and guest blogger Greg Manning of Pioneer Project Partners – Deep in the 1,100 pages of the “big, beautiful bill” is a plan to retool and extend one of the big policies...
Tonkon Torp business attorney Mick Harris moderated a four-part conversation between real estate attorney David Petersen and their special guest Jackson Lewis of Northwest Trustee & Management Services. In this segment, David and Jackson discuss...
