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“It’s just like a normal auction, except…

By Dustin

…instead of the price going up over time, it goes down.” ~Bothell home owner Trend? »

Will Real Estate Agents Embrace a Loan Originator with Fiduciary Duties?

By Rhonda Porter

I’m beginning to wonder. I’ve always put the clients best interest first…it’s just something I naturally have to do in order to be able to sleep at night. There has been a time or two when a real estate agent has told me that my job is solely to provide mortgages and... »

How Quickly Guidelines Change

By Rhonda Porter

When WaMU decided that most of Washington State zip codes are soft, they let Loan Originators know via email giving us just hours to submit loans under the old guidelines (pre-soft haircut of 5% or what ever the value is). I have another example of how little time we are given as LO’s... »

Back-to-school clothing drive is back!!!!

By Reba Haas

Each year, we at Team Reba hold a clothing drive for Treehouse, a non-profit that helps to provide foster children with clothing and other supplies to help make their lives more normal. Most people don’t realize that the State of Washington only provides about $300 per year for clothing for these kids, which... »

The Legislature Volleys Back….

By Russ Cofano

Recently, I wrote about new case law in Washington that was making it more difficult for buyers of real property to make post-closing claims against the seller for property condition related matters. The Washington legislature has just amended the state’s residential property condition disclosure law to put additional burdens on sellers and will... »

Licensed to Loan

By Rhonda Porter

This New Year brought significant changes to the mortgage industry. Loan Originators who provide residential loans in Washington State are now required to be licensed. This legislature applies primarily to Mortgage Brokers and not LOs who are employed by banks or credit unions. As I am employed by a Mortgage Broker (technically,... »

Blogging at Ed.Con 2006

By Dustin

Yesterday, Russ Cofano and I gave another blogging seminar, this time in Seattle as part of Ed.con 2006 put on by the Washington Realtor Association. I thought the day went over really well and considering it was the first seminar we’d given to the “home town” crowd, I found it to be especially fun. ... »

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