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…
Are Obama & Romney Avoiding Housing to Avoid Talking About Killing the Mortgage Interest Deduction?
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…
Sales in Pricey Eastside Neighborhoods Strengthening
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 &…
Reader Question: What’s your listing agent’s job?
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…
Poll: I often walk to… (check all that apply)
This poll was active 10.21.2012 through 10.27.2012