Curious What’s Happening In The Real Estate Market?
Here are a few highlights from the National Association of Realtors: First-time buyers represented 29% of buyers, virtually unchanged from one year ago and one month ago.
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Buying a Home in Seattle? Here’s Where to Start
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.
5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Neighborhood in Seattle
When you buy a home for yourself or your family, that’s not all you’re doing. You are also buying a neighborhood. The neighoborhood is actually one of the chief determinants of your home's value. You want to do your due-diligence and make sure you love the neighborhood as well as the home.
5 Tiny Details to Look for When Buying a House in Seattle, WA.
When buying a house, everyone has priorities. The buying process is complex and takes time, and it’s easy to get off track. Having written priorities is a helpful way to guide you through the process without forgetting some of the features that are important to you and your family.
How Buying a Home in Seattle Has Changed Over the Past 5 Years
We always hear our grandparents say “back in the day, life was so different”. The way of living was different, the cost of living was different, and home-buying was different. The world is changing and if you don’t keep up, To find out how home buying has changed over the years we need to first compare how it was in the past and how it is now.
Uh-Oh! I Can’t Sell My Downtown Seattle, WA Condo For What I Paid For It. What Should I Do?
Are you “upside down” in your condo? I have had 3 clients (or potential clients) talk to me about the idea of selling their home in downtown Seattle this year. I did the homework, and it is a rough time to sell. Condos are not selling for as much as they were at this time last year.
Selling Your House in Seattle? What You Should and Should Not Fix At Your Buyer’s Request
Buying a home can be a precarious business. When money and emotions are involved, things can get dicey (and ugly). So when issues pop up during a home inspection or initial walk-through, it’s important to request some repairs — especially if they’re related to safety concerns or would cost a mint to fix once the property is yours.
Seattle Times Reports Seattle Market Cooling – Investor Sees “Buy Window”
Seattle Real Estate Investor and Broker Sees Buying Opportunity After Seattle Housing Price Pull-Back Driven By High Interest Rates As an investment-minded agent, I help my clients look for opportunities when other people are scared. I was running errands last night and saw the front page article on the Seattle Times newspaper at the supermarket, … Continued
August 2022 – Seattle, WA – Real Estate Market Update
Homeowner Report For Seattle, WA: Are You Wondering How Much Is YOUR Home Worth? Sales, Prices, and Predictions… Everything you need to know for the month of August 2022.