[Opinion] Vacation rental boom inflates housing prices in WA mountain town

Vacation rental boom inflates housing prices in WA mountain town

When John Adams moved to Glacier in 1999, he didn’t have much trouble finding housing.   “I went to the real estate office and it was just page after page after page of listings for sale,” Adams, 58, remembers. “It was just ridiculously cheap.”   Times change. Josh Rane, 29, found few housing options when he moved to the town, about an hour northeast of Bellingham, three years ago with his girlfriend. In his view, the choices are “either buy a h…