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Setting Seller Expectations

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Thinking about selling your house?  Put on your seatbelt, it’s time for some truth. The market this fall is NOT where the market was last spring.  The housing market has cooled so fast and so far, that Seattle actually leads the nation in the softening of our market, according to a recent Seattle Times article.
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Buying a Home in Seattle? Here’s Where to Start

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Buying a house is a major commitment. Before you begin shopping for properties or comparing mortgage options, you need to make sure you’re ready to be a homeowner. Buying a home can be more than a little challenging. In fact, the process can be downright confusing and overwhelming, especially for first-time buyers. The chief source of home-buying anxiety is a result of knowing that it is the largest financial transaction of your life – you don’t want to make an enormously expensive blunder.
Emily Cressey - Real Estate Market Expert - Seattle, WA

The Latest Tech Buyers and Sellers Should Know About in Shoreline, WA

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It's no secret that the real estate market is constantly changing. In order to stay ahead of the curve, it's important to keep up with the latest developments. Technology is advancing at an exponentially growing rate in most areas and industries. Until recently, though, that hasn’t been the case in the real estate arena. The adoption of the latest technologies in real estate has lagged behind that in other business sectors. But that’s changing now, with a huge increase in real estate tech in recent years – which looks to change this industry in big ways. So let’s take a look at the latest tech buyers and sellers should know about in Shoreline, WA.

4 Unique Marketing Ideas for Home Sellers in Seattle, WA.

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Gone are the days when home sellers can count on a sale by simply sticking a for-sale sign in the front yard and listing on the MLS. In today’s market, you have to get a lot more creative than that to sell your home quickly and at a good price. Effective marketing is crucial and can make the difference between a sale and no sale. But when it comes to creative marketing, you also have to distinguish between tactics that are merely gimmicky and those that are truly unique and effective. With that in mind, we offer these 4 unique marketing ideas for home sellers in Seattle, WA.

Our Top 5 Real Estate Books to Help Buyers and Sellers in Shoreline, WA

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Buying or selling real estate is a big undertaking involving a complex process with many moving parts. So whether you’re a buyer or seller, you need to be informed and understand as much about it as you can. The problem, though, is that what you find online is often incomplete at best and just flat wrong at worst. So it’s a good idea to go old school and read the best books on the topic before taking that big step. Here, then, are our picks for the top-5 real estate books to help buyers and sellers in Shoreline, WA.

Best Cost Estimator Apps and Tools for Homebuyers and Sellers in Shoreline, WA

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In this market, it's been super-fun to watch your home equity grow. Almost like watching a stock ticker change every minute, it seems like a monthly check-in on your home's value almost always yields some good news. I definitely recommend that everyone keeps an eye on their home value, their mortgage balance (the difference between those is called your EQUITY) and this will help you determine the direction of your net worth and how fast your wealth is growing.
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Purchase Contract: A Step-By-Step Guide for Buyers and Sellers in Shoreline, WA.

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Whenever I meet with new real estate clients - whether they are buyers or sellers - one of the first things I like to present to them is our Northwest MLS (NWMLS) real estate contracts. These documents are the "standard" attorney-reviewed contracts used by licensed agents in the Puget Sound area for many types of real estate transactions: buying a house, condo or multi-family home, leasing, or even buying or selling a business.