Category: Sellers

10 Tips To Sell Your House This Winter in Seattle

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As winter approaches, many people wonder if they have missed the best time of year to sell their house. Traditionally, spring and early summer have been considered the best seasons to try to sell a house. They are not, however, the only seasons when you can sell a house and in some areas (for instance, … Continued
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How To Stop A Listing From Going Stagnant In Seattle.

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It may be the worst thing that can happen to a home seller: a listing going stagnant. It happens more often than it should. Sometimes listings just sit there with little buyer interest for months on end. And when that happens buyers become suspicious. They wonder why other buyers haven't made an offer and begin to assume something is wrong with the property. If you want showings and then a sale, you absolutely don't want your listing to stagnate. So here are some effective ways to stop a listing from going stagnant in Seattle.
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Real Estate Case Study: Selling A Home With No Equity

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September 30, 2004 Hi Emily, Thanks for buying our house.  When we called you off the letter you sent, we’d had our property listed on the market for months.  We’d had a couple of offers, but no one could get the bank financing they needed to buy our home. We were eager to sell the … Continued

Selling A House in Seattle-Everett-Bellevue: A Step By Step Process

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It’s natural to face nerves and you should take your time with such a major decision. Selling a house probably isn't as simple as we'd like it to be, but it's not as complicated as it may seem at first glance. As with anything, if you break it down into the constituent steps of the process, it will be much easier to understand and accomplish – despite the legal and financial complexities and the mountain of paperwork. To that end, we offer this step by step guide for selling a house in...

A Timeline For Home Sellers in Seattle

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Any major undertaking always goes better when you know what to expect when and plan accordingly. And this definitely applies to something with as many steps and contingency factors as selling a house. Any number of things can go wrong, but they don’t necessarily have to if you have a solid plan in place. So … Continued
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How To Sell Your House During The Holidays in Seattle

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Just like the time around Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas is not considered the best time to start a diet, it is also reputed to be a difficult time to sell your house. When I started shopping for my Lynnwood, WA townhouse in December, I remember my real estate agent at the time telling me that … Continued
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Real Estate Case Study: Beautiful Home Just Won’t Sell

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Hi Emily, Quick note here to let you know how much we’ve enjoyed working with you.  When we first got together with you we’d had our house on the market with a realtor and were kicking ourselves for not having gotten our house sold.  Even though we didn’t have much equity in the place, it … Continued

7 Fun Ideas For Selling Your House in Seattle

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Selling your house in Seattle doesn’t have to be all hard work and seriousness with a good measure of nail-biting anxiety. But no longer is an open house with a freshly baked batch of cookies and some fresh-cut flowers enough to do the job. In today’s markets, you have to get a little inventive, maybe … Continued