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Reader Question: Short Sale Buying Tips?

Posted on October 25, 2012 by The Tim

Yesterday I received the following question from a reader thinking about buying a short sale: My husband and I are interested in buying a home in the Snoqualmie Ridge neighborhood. Many/most of the homes (In our price range) appear to be short sales. Do you have any suggestions or tips when attempting to purchase a…

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Are Obama & Romney Avoiding Housing to Avoid Talking About Killing the Mortgage Interest Deduction?

Posted on October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 by The Tim

There is one major political topic that has been mysteriously absent from both major presidential campaigns during this year’s presidential election season… housing. Nick Timiraos noted this in the Wall Street Journal in early September. Here we are in late October, four debates later, and nothing has really changed. Barely a peep about housing from…

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Sales in Pricey Eastside Neighborhoods Strengthening

Posted on October 23, 2012September 9, 2014 by The Tim

Let’s take an updated look at how King County’s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county, since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price. In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three regions, based on the NWMLS-defined “areas”: low end: South County (areas 100-130 &…

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Reader Question: What’s your listing agent’s job?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by The Tim

Here’s a question for the group from Ray (of 500 Realty), who shares an anecdote of a buyer who had their own agent asking for assistance from a listing agent to see a home when their agent was unavailable: The buyer asked for assistance in seeing his listing because his agent was elsewhere. He reminded…

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Poll: I often walk to… (check all that apply)

Posted on October 21, 2012October 28, 2012 by The Tim

This poll was active 10.21.2012 through 10.27.2012

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