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, real estate brokerage firms belong to a multiple listing service (MLS) which either provides state [...]
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The Residential Purchase & Sale Agreement
March 25th, 2009 · No Comments
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First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
March 13th, 2009 · 8 Comments
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 home purchasers to claim a maximum tax credit in the form of a interest free [...]
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Short Sales, Distress Properties, Foreclosures and REOs
January 29th, 2009 · 11 Comments
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 Sale?
Lets look an example: Homeowner A has a $300,000 mortgage and is forced to sell [...]
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What is your perfect home like?
November 13th, 2008 · No Comments
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 views, water front or no water are just some of the factors that determine the [...]
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Typical Steps a Home Buyer will Encounter
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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 inspections and appraisals but never constructed a sequence of events.
Home buyers are people who have [...]
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Clearing the “air” on Snohomish County condos
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
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 County allows for more density than the city which has gained acclaim from builders and [...]
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How do you keep costly repairs down before closing?
July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Simple, fix problems before they become nightmares. Every homeowner, buyer and/or seller at one time or another has had to face a home inspection. The wide range of defects that can be uncovered during a home inspection can be a major deal breaker. Buyers are looking for homes that do not require a full remodel [...]
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Open houses this weekend around Snohomish County
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
As the summer heats up, it is an excellent time to get outside and visit some homes around Snohomish County. The list below contains all the open houses for the coming weekend, Friday July 18th through Sunday July 20th, in the $250,000 to $350,000 price range as of 7/15/2008 (more may be scheduled as the [...]
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FEMA grant to help Snohomish County residents
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Summer seems to have finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The warmer weather means families will be spending more time outside working on their tans but for people living in the Snohomish County flood plain the warmer weather is not as welcomed. As the temperatures rise all week long, residents bordering the Snohomish, Skykomish, Pilchuck [...]
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Taking a closer look at the residential real estate appraisal
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
In today’s real estate climate it is imperative to properly understand the valuation process a property goes through. Home valuation tools are readily available to every internet user and usually all that is required is a username and password and some advertising. But the process by which a home is valued is much more than [...]