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A New Crystal Ball Tool for Projecting Property Values

A tracker for housing-price trends Weiss Residential Research tracks individual houses in most neighborhoods nationwide and attempts to provide buyers and sellers with useful market guidance, showing where the value of a home has been and where it may go. By KENNETH R. HARNEY Syndicated columnist Nation’s Housing WASHINGTON — Homebuyers, sellers, small investors and real-estate […]
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Prices are Trending Up as Inventory Improves!

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Home prices dip again in King County

Article from the Seattle Times, originally posted on March 5, 2014: The area’s housing market hit a lull in February, with the second consecutive monthly slide in home sales and median prices. Blame the Super Bowl. Or the Winter Olympics. Or Mercury retrograde. By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle Times business reporter The area’s housing market hit […]
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Thin inventory puts pressure on King County home prices

Thin is an understatement! Check out this article from today's Seattle Times: Thin inventory puts pressure on King County home prices By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle Times business reporter Buyers paid a median $410,000 in King County, and $295,000 in Snohomish County But the median is still below the recent peak […]

Adventures in Real Estate A New Crystal Ball Tool for Projecting Property Values A tracker for housing-price trends Weiss Residential Research tracks individual houses in most neighborhoods nationwide and attempts to provide buyers and sellers with useful market guidance, showing where the value of a home has been and where it may go. By KENNETH R. HARNEY Syndicated columnist Nation’s Housing WASHINGTON — Homebuyers, sellers, small investors and real-estate […]

Buying Information Prices are Trending Up as Inventory Improves! Read the entire article here: Seattle Times Article

Market Information Home prices dip again in King County Article from the Seattle Times, originally posted on March 5, 2014: The area’s housing market hit a lull in February, with the second consecutive monthly slide in home sales and median prices. Blame the Super Bowl. Or the Winter Olympics. Or Mercury retrograde. By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle Times business reporter The area’s housing market hit […]

Market Information Thin inventory puts pressure on King County home prices Thin is an understatement! Check out this article from today's Seattle Times: Thin inventory puts pressure on King County home prices By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle Times business reporter Buyers paid a median $410,000 in King County, and $295,000 in Snohomish County But the median is still below the recent peak […]

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Market Information NEW Windermere Search App for iPhone/iPad We’re excited to announce that the new Windermere Real Estate Search App is now available to download in the iTunes App Store. This free app, available for iPhones with iOS version 5 or higher, has many great features including: GPS based Nearby Listings & Nearby Open Houses Google Points of Interest near you and near […]

Market Information Seattle Trends The media is not exaggerating. Demand is strong, supply is low and Seattle's residential housing market is booming. The Seattle Metro Area chart below indicates the single family housing market's trends. Inventory is down, closed sales and pending sales are up. Multiple offers are a frequent occurrence. It has quickly become a great time to sell. […]

Buying Information New Drive Time Tool on windermere.com Exciting new feature for windermere.com listings! http://www.windermere.com/blogs/windermere/posts/search-a-lot-smarter-with-windermere-s-new-inrix-drive-time-tool

Market Information Historical, Landmark homes at Fort Lawton – For Sale?! Extraordinary opportunity — protected views, located in the middle of Discovery Park — 26 historic military housing units on nine acres are for sale. http://www.magnoliavoice.com/2012/09/26/worth-millions-fort-lawton-officers-homes-for-sale/

Buying Information Do you know anyone who wants to live in Lakewood, WA? My clients, Ian and Pauline want to move back to Seattle. They have just listed their home near Lake Steilacoom in Lakewood. Tudor style home on nearly a half-acre…for only $265,000! Take a look (click here).

Investments Attention all Seattle rental housing owners! Seattle Council’s Housing, Human Services, Health and Culture committee, chaired by Nick Licata, is holding a meeting this Wednesday, August 8th @ 2:00 pm at City Hall for discussion of public comment received by the City's Department of Planning and Development (DPD) regarding their proposal for a mandatory rental housing inspections program in the City […]

Buying Information Phenomenal Interest Rates Click on image below to see the trends in 30-year fixed mortgage interest rates. If you are considering refinancing or making a purchase you'll benefit from the low cost of money.