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What’s to like about Mid-Century Modern Homes in these Foreclosure days?

By Jerry Gropp

These homes are called “Mid-Century Modern” because then was the heyday of architect-designed homes that were carefully fitted to the needs of the owners and the properties involved. Often located on choice lots in established neighborhoods, most of these have mature gardens not needing to be planted. Many of these homes have had a number... »

Are you making your client homeless?

By ARDELL

I’ve been wanting to warn sellers and seller’s agents about this for the last 10 days or so.  Courtney’s new post is a great lead in to this added consideration for sellers and listing agents. CAN YOU BUY THAT HOUSE, WHEN YOUR HOUSE SELLS? Having had the benefit of working in a market exactly like this... »

U.S. % Change in Home Prices

By ARDELL

This chart reminds me of the crash in real estate prices in the late sixties when REIT (real estate investment trust) stock prices dropped to pretty much worthless.  I was still in high school, but the Courts got involved in the loss of value in trust portfolios, so I was looking at those in... »

Sunday Night Stats – Seattle Real Estate

By ARDELL

Median price per square foot for condos sold is starting to fall below 4th quarter of 2006 numbers, and is down 11.8% from peak pricing.  King County Condos 2004 - 1Q - 1,694 – $188, 2Q 2,636 – $199, 3Q 2,540 – $196, 4Q 2,176 – $195 2005 - 1Q - 2,066 – $198, 2Q 2,925 – $209, 3Q 2,769 -... »

Open Houses in Bryant Sunday 7/13

By ARDELL

Hi everyone, I can’t give you the whole list here in a blog post, as it is against one of the many mls rules But tomorrow there will be at least 15 Open Houses in Bryant.  Many agents from different offices have gotten together to have their properties open tomorrow.  Most from 1-4,... »

Copper thefts on the rise – a new threat to vacant homes for sale or rent

By Reba Haas

The local NWMLS has posted a notice to its members that I’ve pasted in below: Snohomish County Copper Pipe Thefts January 19, 2007. NWMLS has received reports that copper piping has been cut away and stolen from the crawl spaces under several vacant homes in the Everett vicinity. Many of these crawl spaces were not secure,... »

Selling houses is a flashback to dating on Match.com

By Reba Haas

Yes, that’s right, I too have used Match.com in the past and it’s actually how my partner, Michael, and I met. This weekend I was reminded of the dating experience online as I perused houses in the Greenlake area with some clients. First, we looked at houses in a price range of over... »

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