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Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in March, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in March, 2010 ranged from a low of 18% to a high of 34%, with an average 27% 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.) March, 2010             2923 homes for sale      778  […]
Bellevue Real Estate Seattle-Eastside Real Estate is Beginning to Turn Red Seattle-eastside real estate is starting to see “red.”  Red is a sellers’ market, which means the average market time to sell a Seattle eastside home in the areas marked in red is from 3-6 months. I sell a lot homes in the “hottest Seattle eastside area, which we call area 530, East Bellevue and the […]
For Buyers Consider the Future When Making a Home Purchase What may happen in the Seattle area economy in the future? Appraiser Richard Hagar spoke with John Maynard about this topic on KPLU the other day. The piece was geared to the glut of high end condos in downtown Seattle that are now selling with significant price cuts, but then Mr. Hagar shared more about […]
For Buyers You Should Buy This House! Created by Redmond WA home sellers with a sense of humor and a great house for sale in the Seattle eastside city.)
For Buyers Make More Money Selling Your Home, Part 2, Set The Price At The Last Minute Selling your home?  Wait until the last minute to set the price, and I mean the last minute. Why would you do that?  Because real estate prices can be a moving target.  What worked a month or even a week or a day ago may not be the right price for your home. When home […]
For Buyers King County WA has 3000 More Properties For Sale King County has a lot more properties for sale than the first week of the year.  The first quarter of 2010 has passed and there are now 24% more homes and condos for sale, exactly 3000 more.  Each week of the year has seen an increase in the number of properties for sale with the […]
For Buyers Make More Money Selling Your Home By Planting A Little "Green" There’s a saying in real estate, “Plant a Little Green, Make A Lot of Green.” (From a CRS newsletter) Since spring is here, I’ll be doing a series about things you can do to dress your home up and get it ready for the party, oops, I mean a home sale.  The series will be […]
For Homeowners Are You Selling Your Home In The Next Five Years? Are you selling your home in the next 5 years?  Well, grab your camera now and take pictures of your yard. Seattle is beautiful right now, so take advantage of the natural color that surrounds your home.   You’ve got a few months coming up, so start now and take photos throughout the spring and summer […]
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2010 Home buyer Tax Credit Seattle Eastside Real Estate Was "Normal" in February, 2010 The truly “hot” Seattle real estate areas in February, 2010, those in red, are in the core neighborhoods of Seattle itself.  However, almost all of the map is in “yellow”, which means the average market time for a home to sell in other Seattle areas is between 3-6 months. This means we’ve had another month […]
2010 Home buyer Tax Credit What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Condo in February, 2010? (The absorption rate, the percentage of condos selling, is the number of condos for sale in any given month divided by the actual number of condos sold that month.  So if the absorption rate or chance of selling is 10% that means out of 100 condos for sale, 10 received offers and sold.) February, 2010               1333 condos for sale,    […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did February, 2010 Home Sales Stack Up in Your Seattle-Eastside Neighborhood? [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Seattle-eastside&sll=47.709762,-122.011414&sspn=0.310487,0.911865&ie=UTF8&split=1&radius=21.22&rq=1&ev=zo&hq=Seattle-eastside&hnear=&ll=47.709762,-122.011414&spn=0.310487,0.911865&t=h&output=embed&w=425&h=350] How did February, 2009 stack up to February, 2010 in your neighborhood? (Click on the cities below to see real estate trends for the past 5 years.  You’ll find the median pricing for each city and whether the number of homes for sale and the number of sales went up or down.  The […]
Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in Feb, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in February, 2010 ranged from a low of 16.5% to a high of 29%, with an average 22% 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.) February, 2010        2706 homes for sale      599  […]
For Homeowners Fixing Up Your Home to Sell? Call Your Real Estate Agent First. Getting ready to sell your home and needing to get it in show condition? There was a great article filled with tips on what to fix to get your home ready in last week’s Seattle Times. But there was one important thing I disagreed with in the article. So before you call a real-estate agent, […]
2010 Home buyer Tax Credit Should You Buy a Home on Seattle's Eastside Now or Wait? Should you buy a home now on Seattle’s eastside now or wait until after the tax credit expires at the end of April? People were talking on the Wall Street Journal site and on Zillow about this very issue.  Today people don’t just ask, “How’s the real estate market?”  They ask, “What do you think […]
2010 Home buyer Tax Credit Is The Seattle Eastside Home Sales Race Soon to Be On? Everyone who has wanted to sell on Seattle’s eastside in the last few years seems wants to sell in the next 60 days, including me. I know some home sellers Angie Bondurant, my business partner, and I will be representing  have been madly getting their homes ready to sell.   I bet contractors on Seattle’s eastside […]
Architecture Latest Cost Effective New Products for Your Home Remodel A big part of my job as a Realtor is to help home sellers prepare their homes for the market by giving people ways to add value to their home so they’ll get the highest sales price. I’m constantly looking for different and cost effective ways to give sellers options for updating a home. I […]
Boomer issues Universal Design or "Aging In Place"-Find Out More At The Seattle Home Show “Aging in place?” Yes, we’re all aging, even as we just stand in place, but “aging in place” is really about growing older safely and comfortably in the familiar surroundings of your home.  Since no one gets out of “here” without aging first, except Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, this post […]
Built Green and Sustainable Living Bill Gates Calls for Zero Energy Emissions It’s funny, last night I was just talking with a neighbor about Bill Gates and how he and Melinda had the power to change the world, making it a better place for all.  Previously, The Gates Foundation has focused mostly on health and education.  Now Mr. Gates is taking on climate change. Gates spoke about […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did January, 2010 Home Sales Stack Up in Your Seattle-Eastside Neighborhood? [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Seattle-eastside&sll=47.709762,-122.011414&sspn=0.310487,0.911865&ie=UTF8&split=1&radius=21.22&rq=1&ev=zo&hq=Seattle-eastside&hnear=&ll=47.709762,-122.011414&spn=0.310487,0.911865&t=h&output=embed&w=425&h=350] How did January, 2009 stack up to January, 2010 in your neighborhood? (Click on the cities below to see real estate trends for the past 5 years.  You’ll find the median pricing for each city and whether the number of homes for sale and the number of sales went up or down.  The […]
2010 Home buyer Tax Credit A Great Picture of Seattle Real Estate in January, 2010 There’s a “normal” real estate market in the Seattle area.  What’s a normal real estate market?  It’s a real estate market in which the market is evenly balanced between both buyers and sellers, which is a good thing. Much like December, Seattle in January was “yellow,” on the map.  “Yellow” means it would take 3-6 […]
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