Category: Seattle Real Estate Update
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10 Expert Tips on How to Sell a Seattle House in Poor Condition
Selling a home in Seattle, especially one in less-than-ideal condition, can feel more like soothsaying than science. It can be hard to understand why some houses sell quickly, for more money, while others struggle. That’s why you call in the experts. Here are 10 expert tips that we use to sell Seattle houses for more…
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Is Now a Good Time to Buy a House? Yes, If You Can Find One
Now is a good time to buy a house, or at least start looking. THE CRYSTAL BALL SAYS… Many people vacillate for a long time before working up the courage to enter the housing market. They get stuck on the big question: “Is now a good time to buy a house?” It’s hard to “time…
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A Soft Landing for the Seattle Housing Market??? July 2023
Seattle Housing Market July 2023: The financial markets are communicating a near definitive message: that there is a 95% likelihood of a 25 basis point hike by the Federal Reserve. This hike will push rates to between 5.25% and 5.50%. Predictably, this has caused a ripple effect, and we’re already seeing the impact on the…
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Looking for the Real Deal? 8 Ways to Find a Deal on a House in Seattle in 2023
I love a good deal. Who doesn’t? Two-for-one pizza’s from Pagliacci? Sign me up. Fifty percent off everything in Nordstrom? There in a heartbeat. Paying less than list price for a 3-bedroom, 2-bath single-family home in Fremont? I would LITERALLY KILL to make this my reality. But let’s pump the brakes a little. Pizza and…
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The Best Moving Up Strategy for Timing Your Home Sale & Next Purchase in Seattle
If you already own a home and are ready to “move up,” figuring out the logistics of everything can be a challenge. Luckily for you, we help our clients do this all the time! In this post, we are sharing how to buy and sell a home at the same time, specifically for those who…
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Financing Options You Need to Know About as a First-Time Home Buyer in Seattle
The headlines we see about Seattle real estate can really make buying a house look scary and stressful. Or downright impossible. And these things are *especially* true if you’ve never bought a home before. If you don’t read the rest of this blog, this should be your #1 takeaway: Many people don’t realize that they…
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How to Time the 2023 Real Estate Market in Seattle
My team and I are always keeping a close eye on the market, but even more so this winter as Seattle’s market shifts. What will happen this spring and in the rest of 2023? How can savvy buyers and sellers time the market this year? Using the latest data, our work with buyers and seller…
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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…