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• How tech layoffs and new taxes are reshaping Eastside home prices

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📰 News we're reading

• Seattle home prices drop 9% as inventory hits 15-year high (seattlered.com) — Kirkland readers are seeing the ripple effects of tech layoffs and new state taxes as Eastside home prices tumble, with high-end buyers pulling back. Seattle's median home price dropped about $100,000 in August, while Eastside prices fell even more sharply amid 15-year-high inventory, shifting bargaining power toward buyers and pressuring sellers to cut expectations.
   

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Thursday September 17
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Tuesday September 15
• Romeo & Juliet Auditions (Grades 6-12) →
  10718 NE 68th St, Kirkland
  9:00 am
• Young Frankenstein Auditions (Grade 9-Age 20) →
  Studio East, 10718 NE 68th St, Kirkland
  4:00 pm
• Help Eastern WA Fire victims ART SUPPLIES DRIVE →
  Crown Bees - Solitary Bees, Houses & Supplies, 17721 132nd Ave NE, Woodinville
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Wednesday September 16
• Fairy Builds!
  Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland
  3:30 pm
• Dandylyon Drama Variety Show All Stars - 9/16 through 11/4/26
  Friendship Academy Shoreline, 1206 N 185th St, Shoreline
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Free Senior Resource Fair: Drop In and Discover →
  Peter Kirk Community Center/Kirkland Senior Center, 352 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland
  10:00 am
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  Kirkland - Location TBD, Kirkland
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Friday September 18
• [周五场]一夏就笑了 2026 - 西雅图中文喜剧节 →
  Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland
Saturday September 19
• 2026 Kirkland Health & Wellness Fair →
  Juanita High School, 10601 NE 132nd St., Kirkland
  10:00 am
• Volterra (Kirkland) →
  Kirkland WA
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• [周日场] 一夏就笑了 2026 - 西雅图中文喜剧节 →
  Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Workplace Financial Consultant - Redmond, WA (fidelity.com)
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Bothell

• The future of student housing is seamless (multifamilydive.com)
• Thursday's Prep Roundup: Anacortes girls' soccer team shut out by Squalicum (tri-cityherald.com)

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