Tag: seatte-real-estate
Taking on KING/KONG…
Yesterday I was interviewed by a KING-5 reporter, Kim Holcomb, and which I had written about on my blog at this post. I had jokingly referred to taking on King Kong but only because the news segment was shown on KING-5 and KONG-6 last night.
The news story was about how the market here is changing just [...]
Posted: September 18th, 2007 under Agent Advice, Buyer Information, Diversions, General Real Estate, Local information, Moving to Seattle, Seattle, Seller Information.
Tags: appreciation, seatle, seatte-real-estate, Seattle, Seattle-Area-Real-Estate, seattle-bubble, seattle-real-estate, seattle-real-estate-market, seattle-real-estate-market-conditions, Seattle-WA
Comments: 47
Seattle rents rising…. we’re in the top 10 nationally for increases
The anecdotal evidence is out there when we have relocating singles, couples and families contacting us for help in finding a short term rental to stay in as they come to the Emerald City for a new job, school, or otherwise. Some of these folks are also looking for a 1-year lease because they believe [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: neighborhood, neighborhoods, Rental, rentals, rents, seatte-real-estate, Seattle, Seattle-Area-Real-Estate
Comments: 4
Cats alive!
Last week I took a young couple out to look at houses in a 3-city area. We were working on determining what areas north of Seattle might be places they’d like to consider moving to. To begin our research my clients had picked 6 houses they thought would be interesting to see and in different [...]
Posted: July 11th, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: moving, Moving-to-Seattle, neighborhood, seatte-real-estate, Seattle, seattle-eastside, sellers, selling, Selling-a-House
Comments: 12
15 Year Mortgage Too Pricey for Normal People
This morning, I read a commentary on seattlepi.com from columnist, Christy L. Thomas called Seattle too pricey for normal people. It’s regarding her move from Boise and how she and her boyfriend are considering whether or not they can afford to buy what they would like to have in Seattle.
The part that struck me, being a Mortgage Planner, [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2007 under Buyer Information, General Real Estate, Mortgage and Lending, Moving to Seattle.
Tags: affordable-housing, amortization, Mortgage and Lending, seatte-real-estate, seattle-times
Comments: 109
To Landlords and sellers in City of Seattle - new rules w/ fines… Get up to speed!
Important Fair Housing Notice for Seattle
The City of Seattle has recently adopted a new ordinance that requires all real estate professionals (including brokers and property managers) within the city limits to prominently display a fair housing poster in their place of business. The poster is available at http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights/outreach.htm under the link for “Housing Issues.” [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: listings, market, Rental, seatte-real-estate, Seattle, seattle-real-estate, sellers
Comments: 3
Your opinion appreciated
I’d like your opinions on this one. Still scratching my head over this scenario. Five brokers got together after it closed and had FIVE DIFFERENT opinions! That’s the day I realized that NONE of us seem to agree on “THE RULES” anymore and hence the day that I started supporting alternative business models. When five [...]
Posted: December 21st, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: Buyer-Agency-Agreement, For-Sale-By-Owner, general-real-estate, kirkland-real-estate, Procuring-Cause, seatte-real-estate
Comments: 28
