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How Many Forms Does It Take to List a Home In Washington State*?

I wrote a piece on the Seattle Real Estate Professionals blog about the death of newsprint advertising for real estate and as things usually go in the blogging world the conversation in the comments drifted to the number of forms now used to list a home in Washington State.  The list of forms has grown…Read More »

Furniture, Art or a Conversation Piece for Your Home?

Need new furniture for your home?  Are you looking for the unusual, the conversation piece?  Check out The Designzen blog for Lila Jang’s Sofa that Climbs a Wall.  The sofa is part of a Paris art exhibition.  Since most of probably won’t be hopping a plane right now, this might be a good time to look at…Read More »

My Top Ten Favorites From The Bellevue, Washington Arts Museum Fair

Every year I look forward to the annual Bellevue Arts Museum Fair in July.  It’s one of the top art fairs in the country and one of the highlights of the summer for me.  Each year there are some of the great standbys mixed in with some new artistic talent.  Where else can you go…Read More »

Will it Be A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood? Talk to everyone when buying your home

I was just reading Katrina Munsell’s piece over on Redfin’s Sweet Digs blog about planning out real estate searches.  Her advice about planning your search for a home by mapping your route is good.  It saves time and gas when you’re doing the all important home search.  Checking the homes out in real time is that all…Read More »

Buying a Home? Think Gas Prices and Be Close to Transportation and Job Centers

From my inbox the John Burns Real Estate Consulting Local Building Market Intelligence(TM) Report.  John Burns Consulting reports monthly on housing starts and new construction. The following is from their latest report. Gas Prices Shift Demand Back to the Urban Core We believe that there is going to be a tremendous shift back to urban areas, led by…Read More »

On Becoming an Inman Real Estate Connect Groupie

I’m at my third Inman News Real Estate Connect Conference.  I’ve traveled coast to coast in the last year and a half to follow this Real Estate Connect.  Why have I become a Real Estate Connect groupie?  Because it’s one of the best, if not the best, real estate conferences out there today.  It’s a…Read More »

What Were The Chances of Selling a Seattle/Eastside Condominium in June, 2008?

Sellers had a 13.6% chance of selling a condo on Seattle’s Eastside in June of 2008. ( click on 2008 year to date statistics in the link above for a chart showing the condo report) June, 2008            1427 condos for sale, 194 condos sold,  13.6% chance of selling. May, 2008             1472 condos for sale, 211 condos sold,  14% chance of selling.…Read More »

What were The Chances of Selling Your Seattle/Eastside Home in June, 2008?

The chances of selling a home on the Eastside in June 2008 ranged from a low of 9.5% to a high of 23.2%, with an average 15.2% absorption rate. (The absorption rate is the number of homes for sale in any given month divided by the actual number of homes sold that month.)  Here are the real estate statistics for single family home sales…Read More »

Helpful Home Maintenance Tips-Gleaming Granite

So you just closed on a new home!  Congratulations!  You’ve bought a brand new home and you and yours are the first to move in. Fast forward about 10 years and its time to move on.  You’ve changed jobs and the commute is just killing you.  You contact a real estate agent to help you…Read More »

Ethics Cannot Be Taught

  Recently, I spent three hours taking the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Ethics class. Realtors must take an ethics class every 4 years to keep their Realtor’s license active.  I found it ironic to be taking the class when the media released reports about the indictment of 142 loan officers, title people, appraisers, and…Read More »


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