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Will The Seattle Housing Market Maintain Its Momentum?

April 28, 2021

By Emily Cressey

North Seattle, WA Home Sellers: What To Watch Out For In An Overheated Seller’s Market

April 6, 2021

By Emily Cressey

Dear Shoreline, WA home seller (or our other North Seattle and South Snohomish Neighbors),

I wouldn't be surprised if I've taken home buyers on MORE TOURS without having them buy anything this year than ever before. It's not because they don't WANT to buy a house - in fact, many have made offers on more than one home. But they're having trouble getting them accepted by sellers. Many sellers in our North End neck of the woods are getting 20+ offers on their homes.

Well, this all seems well-and-good from the seller's perspective, but there are a few "gotcha's" that you need to be aware of so you don't get "stung" when it comes to getting your house sold and your money deposited safely in your bank account.

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What others are saying…

Slowly but Surely: Embrace the Journey
and Savor Every Step

It wasn’t an easy transaction either. The lender they were working with was verrrrry slooooowwww and ended up delaying their transaction by almost three weeks. (This is why I recommend working with vetted lenders, who don’t do this.)

However, I called the buyer and lender daily (I even buzzed her from Sea World while I was on vacation) to continue to push the deal forward, cleared contingencies like getting water quality reports from their HOA, and worked closely with the Seller’s Agent, so we would not lose our seller, who was concerned about whether we would be able to close at all.

It was a pressure cooker of a deal, and a good illustration of why who you work with matters.

In the end, we HAPPILY got the job done. There was a LOT of cheering all the way around on this one. And the buyers were pleased to move in and make it their own – Jim even carried his beautiful bride over the threshold on the day of closing!!! Hurrah!

Congratulations on sticking with it, even when it was VERY TOUGH!

Well earned cheers on this one!

Deborah Barros and James Wolfe

We Got Our Buyers Into This Property First and Beat Out Other Early Offers, – Winning This Quaint Home In A Charming Magnolia Neighborhood in Seattle, WA.

“Highly recommend working with Emily Cressey. She helped us buy a house in Magnolia with no craziness. She had the inside track on the sellers and ensured we were the first ones to tour the property and got the offer in super quick. We didn’t have to do any of the crazy stuff that is standard in the market like releasing the escrow or waiving the financing contingency because of the negotiation strategy that Emily had developed for us. She figured out a couple of things that were key to the sellers and made sure that our offer was the most attractive even though we weren’t the highest offer. She is always available and always on top of things and quickly figured out what we wanted after the first weekend looking at houses. In addition, she has a great rolodex of services that you’ll need in this process – lenders, insurance brokers etc.” – Abishek Reddy

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