Category: Seattle Real Estate News
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Should I Wait for Interest Rates to Come Down Before I Buy a Home?
Should I Wait for Rates to Come Down? Who is this Jerome Powell fellow, and why is he making it impossible for me to buy a house?! Mortgage interest rates: it seems like all anyone can talk about these days in the Seattle real estate market. And with good reason. The basic equation of housing…
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First-Time Homebuyer in Seattle? Here Are Our Secrets To Buying a House
Our absolute favorite clients to work with are first-time home buyers! There’s nothing better than handing keys to someone who purchased their dream home and just accomplished a huge life milestone. There’s a lot to consider when it comes to buying a home for the first time and I’m here to walk you through every…
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The Mortgage Strategy We Are Sharing With Our Seattle & Bellevue Clients Right Now
Many would-be home buyers in the Seattle and Bellevue areas have put their home searches on pause due to the recent rise in interest rates and inflation. I share more about this in our recent blog post “December 2022 Seattle Real Estate Market Update & My Predictions for 2023.” However, if you are thinking that…
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December 2022 Seattle Real Estate Market Update & My Predictions for 2023
Well, it’s December. Time for me to dust off the old crystal ball and make my predictions for next year, based on this year’s data and trajectories. First, a spot of good news, or at least a sign that the end of this “recession” could be sooner than we think: My Best Case Scenario for…
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Who You Get Your Real Estate Advice From *REALLY* Matters
This time of year, my Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook feeds light up with folks sharing Chief Economist for Windermere Real Estate Matthew Gardner’s predictions about the housing market for the following year. So one of my teammates, Ryan, decided to pull up Matthew Gardner’s 2021 prediction for 2022 and compare that to my prediction (also…
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How is Inflation Impacting Seattle’s Current Housing Market?
The topic of inflation has been in the news a lot lately. But how is inflation related to real estate? We recently texted several of our clients asking what questions they had about Seattle real estate at the moment, and inflation was on everyone’s mind. Here are a couple of the questions we received and…
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We’re Very Optimistic About Seattle’s Housing Market & Here Are a Few Reasons Why
How does Seattle’s market compare to other markets in the country? Is our housing market going to crash? We believe that Seattle is primed to be a long-term hold while other markets have significant headwinds that will drag on their real estate market in the medium to long term. For example, Miami appears to be…
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Is Now a Good Time to Buy A New Construction Pre-Sale Home in the Seattle Area?
Right now, we’re all hearing words like “inflation,” “recession,” and “layoffs” in the news, and it can feel pretty overwhelming. What’s actually happening in our economy? How does it affect Seattle? If you’re hoping to buy or sell soon, how can you best time the market? Recently, we texted several of our clients and asked…
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What Does the Future Hold for Seattle’s Real Estate Market?
We all wish we had a crystal ball that could tell us the future! But unfortunately, at this point, we have to rely on data and trends to give us a picture of what the future holds for Seattle’s real estate market. As you read through this, remember that this is ultimately speculative. We are…
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How Will I Know When It’s A Good Time to Buy a Home in Seattle Again?
You may have seen a lot of scary-ish words in the headlines recently. Words like “recession” and “inflation” and “layoffs.” And what is actually going on here? How much should we read between the lines? Is the real estate market going to crash? How will we know when it’s a good time to buy a…