From an article on home staging in the Puget Sound Business Journal: For [Seattle home stager Jan] Sewell, who is also a Realtor with Windermere Real Estate and owner of her staging business since 1997, today’s market is unlike anything she has ever experienced. “I have been through a couple of slow markets in Seattle…
Thousands of Sellers Gave Up in June
Those of you that have been following King County inventory may have noticed something a little odd about June’s official end-of-month inventory count from the NWMLS. While the number of listings appearing on local home search sites seemed to indicate that June’s inventory would be a few hundred higher than May, the NWMLS statistics for…
Interest Rates vs. Home Prices
Let’s talk about interest rates for a while. As we have discussed before, when most people buy a home, they tend to determine how much they will spend based on the monthly payment they can afford. Two components make up your monthly payment when you buy a home: loan amount and interest rate. A common…
Forbes: Seattle 5th Best Market to Invest In
Believe it or not, Matt Woolsey is still writing bullish real estate pieces for Forbes (some of his previous work). His latest gem: Top U.S. Real Estate Markets For Investment Encouraged by a weak dollar and a belief in the resiliency of the U.S. economy, individuals like [Australian dentist Rahul] Reddy, along with institutional investors…
Who gives a RA about the banks, anyway?
I thought we could use a thread to discuss the insanity that reigns in the financial world today. You all already know the news. IndyMac taken over by the FDIC in the third-largest bank failure in US history. The bailouts of Fannie & Freddie have begun. Here’s another take on the weekend news: Now here’s…