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[Note: This is part of an ongoing series on Tim’s personal homebuying experience.] I thought I would continue the Knife-Catcher series by focusing a little more on our specific home selection process. Here are the basic steps we went through when looking for a home: Look at listings online. Narrow list, tour homes. Either: Eliminated…
It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). Strangely, as far as I can tell the NWMLS has still not yet published…
Congrats to the @SeattleTimes – "Seattle Times writers win five awards for real-estate coverage" http://goo.gl/g9Qua # via @973KIRO "Believe it or not, state law doesn't require that a RE agent tell you about" a home's dark past. http://goo.gl/lKvEQ # In response, @RealestatePI says a home's dark past "really isn’t material to the state of the…
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to April data, Up 1.6% March to April. Down 6.9% YOY. Down 29.7% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 1.0% from March to April and year-over-year prices were down 2.8%. Interesting that here in Seattle this year…
RT @Seattle_Condos: Bank Owned Condo Selling for 56% Less Than The 2008 Price http://goo.gl/0Z4Qr # RT @BelltownPeople: The Mosler Lofts Flood: From @KIRO7Seattle http://goo.gl/CFJtY # Seattle suicide signals collapse of real estate empire http://goo.gl/ygncL via @KING5Seattle # This listing video advertisement is pretty funny. http://youtu.be/kK6TeUPfGsA via @urbnlivn # Madison Park Blogger discusses their high end…