I’ve had a number of contacts recently asking me about the “micro-housing issues” of Seattle, but so far it hasn’t really affected many of us on the real estate side of things. Right now, it’s more of an affect on communities and developers. From what we can tell there is continued heavy demand for housing and micro-housing fills a niche. Most people when they buy want to have a bigger place, generally, so it’s more likely these places will be rental units or a version of a “starter home” for single people. But, with people moving here from all over the world, there may just be demand to make sense in individual unit sales.
Here is a great article from Smart Growth Seattle that discusses some of the issues.
