47 Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster
In a day and age where real estate purchases are price driven; it is important to not to forget items that greatly improve first impressions. Here are 47 items a real estate seller can do to gain a competitive advantage [...]
Changes to the NWMLS means Easier Searching for Consumers
It has been said that necessity is the mother of all inventions and it seems the real estate industry is finding itself coming up with new ideas. A few years back, prior to the real estate collapse, consumers didn’t have [...]
First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
To help stimulate the economy and help recent home buyers, the government has instituted the first time home buyer tax credit under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The first time home buyer tax credit allows for recent [...]
Will the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit be Extended?
In 2009, Snohomish County seen a surge in the real estate market place with sales increasing and in some cases home sold prices rising. I use the term home sold prices versus increasing value because the prices where inadvertently driven [...]
The Residential Purchase & Sale Agreement
If you have purchased a home in the past then you are probably familiar with the residential purchase and sale agreement but if you haven’t then the forms are going to be a new experience. In the state of Washington, [...]
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Short Sales, Distress Properties, Foreclosures and REOs
As the Snohomish County real estate market continues to correct itself, more and more homes will be sold as short sales, foreclosures and as bank owned properties. So what are the differences of these types of properties.
What is a Short [...]
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What is your perfect home like?
Recently, I have been thinking about what the “perfect” home is. The difficulty of determining is that important features of a home vary greatly from one person or family to the next. Various locations, tastes, commuting distances, views or no [...]
Typical Steps a Home Buyer will Encounter
The home buying process is much more than finding a house and arranging financing. I have been guilty myself of not fully explaining the steps a buyer will encounter and previous posts have only overviewed the home search, selling, home [...]
Clearing the “air” on Snohomish County condos
In the 1990s, Snohomish County builders started to construct what have been labeled “air space” condos. Builders are opting to build air space condos just outside the city limits. Why? Because the County zoning are different that the cities. The [...]
Purchasing Short Sales & Bank Owned: Deals or Headaches?