Seattle Real Estate:

Apparently the Seattle area has “won awards for the clever manner in which they designed our addresses to be easy to find”.  Ahem.  I don’t know about you, but when I’m describing to someone the intersection of 124th Street and 124th Avenue in Totem Lake which is technically Kirkland, I’m not convinced that clever is [...]

Here’s an interesting site I found recently, http://www.walkscore.com/.  According to the site: Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for [...]

We’re starting a new series of pages with community specific information.  We’ve posted the first – Kirkland Real Estate.  There are quick links to Kirkland Real Estate Quick Searches, a map, demographics, Kirkland neighborhoods, schools, utilties and information about relocating to Kirkand, WA.  Check it out!

This is my third presidential election year since joining the real estate industry.  It seems that every time one has rolled around, the real estate market stalls.  In 2004, the election came and went and the market seems to fire back up nicely.  Based purely on my unscientific personal impressions – then and now – [...]

Among the somewhat disheartening news recently for the real estate market, I found a positive tidbit.  The recent Distressed Homeowner Law that came with “unintended consequences” is in the process of revision.  According to the Washington Association of Realtors: “The components of the legislation being finalized include a qualified exemption for real estate licensees subject [...]

I’ve been hearing more and more about cottage style new development.  I think is this an interesting trend, but if it catches on could easily be overbuilt. Particularly in the Seattle market we’re seeing the push for high density and infill development – not only as a result of the Growth Management Act, but also [...]

The competition out there for home sellers is tough in some areas.  Compound the large inventory with tougher mortgage guidelines and that means longer market times…and, in many cases, lower sales prices.  When the going gets tough, the sellers (and their agents) need to get creative. One selling technique that might help move a potential [...]

I read an interesting article from the Edmonds Edition of the Enterprise Newspaper (you can see the original article here) about the proposed “Nuisance Ordinances”.  To summarize, the city council is proposing enacting different laws about the number and type of vehicles a person may have parked on their property, and other actions or conditions that may be [...]

We’re happy to announce that our new Seattle Area Real Estate Search is live online! Check it out – you can search by either criteria or map.  You don’t have to register to see photos, details, and addresses.  If you choose to register you can have listings automatically emailed to you within 20 minutes of [...]