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Get a Taste of Farm Life, Enjoy the Fresh Produce and See the Farm Animals of King County, WA

Go see chickens, take a hay ride, meet the farm animals.  Enjoy fresh produce and cooking demonstrations with chefs “outstanding in their field” (pun intended), music, and more on Saturday, the 22nd of September.  The 9th annual Harvest Celebration Farm Tour will be happening all over King County from 10 AM-4:30 PM.  There are some great…Read More »

What were the Chances of Selling a Condo on Seattle's Eastside in August, 2007?

Sellers had a 30% chance of selling a condo on Seattle’s Eastside in August of 2007. August, 2007  1002 condos for sale, 309 sales, 30% chance of selling. July, 2007        918 condos for sale, 332 sales,  36% chance of selling. August, 2006   545 condos for sale, 419 sales,  76% chance of selling. Calling all first time…Read More »

What Were The Chance of selling your Seattle/Eastside Home in August, 2007?

The chances of selling a home on the Eastside in August 2007 ranged from a low of 14% to a high of 25%, depending on the neighborhood.  All of the Eastside areas experienced a decline in the chances of selling a home with the exception of the Redmond/Education Hill area and West Bellevue.  Sellers in these…Read More »

Tour of New Homes, Emergency Preparedness, Built Green Classes, Oh My!

All my hot buttons in one place:  real estate and financing , emergency preparedness, seniors, and Built Green issues! Wow, good stuff for all to see and learn about.  The Master Builder tour of homes began today and covers new construction sites in King and Snohomish Counties.  Tour hours are from noon-6 PM each Friday to…Read More »

Update on the mortgage climate in Washington State

Bart Harrington, the head of Windermere Mortgage Services, spoke at my Windermere Real Estate/East, Inc. office meeting this week regarding the latest mortgage news.  Mr. Harrington had some postive news about mortgages in the Northwest.  He shared with our group that the amount of subprime loans made in the recent past varied according to locale.  Washington State…Read More »

My blog is "under remodel"

This blog was moved from eblogger to wordpress in order to create better tags, links, and an easier platform to work from.  As we all know, most “remodeling” jobs take a bit longer than expected.  I plan to publish articles during this time, however, I’m also working on the finer points of blog presentation, tagging, yada yada…Read More »

Buy those gorgeous flowers at the Seattle/Eastside farmers markets for a few more weeks

Catch those last bouquets of summer at the local farmers’ markets. The flowers were magnificent at the Woodinville market.  Sunflowers were the big sellers at the Woodinville Farmers Market and they were just gorgeous.  Apples are just starting to come and the last of the peaches and plums are still out. The market still goes for a…Read More »

Roger Lowenstein, The New York Times and What Happened with Subprime Mortgages

Do you remember when you were young and your Mom had to run to the bank before it closed at 3 PM?  I remember that time.  The banks closed early so the tellers’ tills could be balanced.  Times were simpler then.  You went to your local bank to deposit money, cash a check or get a…Read More »

Welcome to Eastside Real Estate Buzz on WordPress

Welcome to Eastside Real Estate Buzz on WordPress. I’ve moved my blog from blogger. Over the next few days, I will add in  links that will be helpful to you and organize the previous posts into separate tag headings so you can navigate past posts more easily by topic.


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