Obama Outlines Bailout for Main Street
Today President Obama spoke on job creation and how America needs to “spend our way out of this recession”. The plan touches on job creation through major infrastructure projects, tax incentives for small business owners (which don’t seem to impact [...]
When is the Right Time to Buy?
Ask any real estate agent the answer to that question and it is all the same – Right Now! Wish that was the case though. The right time to buy is not an impulse decision. It is a well thought [...]
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Senate Votes “Yes” to Extend Home Buyer Tax Credit
Yesterday the Senate voted 98-0 to pass the extension and expansion of the homebuyer tax credit and the House is expected to vote on it any day. In a recent post, I shared my reasons why the tax credit should [...]
Snohomish County Lot Sales for the 3rd Quarter of 2009
Is Snohomish County seeing a recovery in lot sales? I won’t get ahead of myself and say “yes” but it does seems that there is some signs of the new construction segment recovering. Recovery could be stemming from a few [...]
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Snohomish County Lot Sales Continue to be Sluggish
As I have posted before, Snohomish County has seen an ever declining market in the vacant land and lot sales sector. Market corrections and slow economic times have forced a lot of builders, developers and custom builders out of business, [...]
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Plat Sales and Inventory for March 2009
The chart below shows the market areas in Snohomish County and the number of plats with the sales over the last 12 months.
With 5,695 lots and homes to sell at an average of 118.65 sales per month we have a [...]
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Median Home & Condo Prices in Snohomish County by Zip Code
Snohomish County has not been protected or isolated from the national housing crunch and real estate sellers are feeling the affect of bank owned properties on their property values more and more each day. As short sales, distressed properties and [...]
2008’s 4th Quarter Lot Sale are In
When the real estate market corrects itself like it has in the 2007 and 2008 year it is not just the home being owner who is affected. The whole process is slowed and as such builders and developers have continued [...]
New Construction & Lot Supply Pipeline Update
Snohomish County’s lot supply pipeline and new construction inventory is full of developments, vacant lots and new construction homes that are having difficulty selling. Through the real estate growth of the new millennium, builders were participating in one of the [...]
Washington Real Estate Recap for 2009