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Free Recycle & Shred Event May 18th

Hosted in our Parking Lot: 2737 77TH AVE SE MERCER ISLAND Bring your recyclable items (working or not) to the event. All recycling services are free! We’re also sponsoring a Confidential Data Disposal truck for free, secure shredding of sensitive documents. Saturday, May 18th 9 am – 2 pm What we can recycle: […]
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Q1 2019 Reports: How’s the Market?

Be forewarned, this quarter’s report looks somewhat dismal. There are two very relevant facts that should be taken into consideration when reviewing it. The first is that Q1 is nearly always the worst performing quarter of any year because the sales completed in Q1 typically went under contract between late November and the end […]
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Annual Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Report: A Look Back at 2018

An increase in homes for sale coupled with rising interest rates have created a far more balanced market than we started 2018 with. This is a good thing as it will help our region tame affordability and create a sustainable marketplace. More homes came to market in 2018 than in any year since 2011. […]
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Give Back This Season

Looking to share your bounty this holiday season? Below are some of my favorite Seattle-area organizations who can use your time, household items, toys, and more to help improve the lives of homeless and low-income families in our area. You might also check out these tips on how to make the most of charitable […]

Archive Free Recycle & Shred Event May 18th Hosted in our Parking Lot: 2737 77TH AVE SE MERCER ISLAND Bring your recyclable items (working or not) to the event. All recycling services are free! We’re also sponsoring a Confidential Data Disposal truck for free, secure shredding of sensitive documents. Saturday, May 18th 9 am – 2 pm What we can recycle: […]

Archive Q1 2019 Reports: How’s the Market? Be forewarned, this quarter’s report looks somewhat dismal. There are two very relevant facts that should be taken into consideration when reviewing it. The first is that Q1 is nearly always the worst performing quarter of any year because the sales completed in Q1 typically went under contract between late November and the end […]

Archive Annual Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Report: A Look Back at 2018 An increase in homes for sale coupled with rising interest rates have created a far more balanced market than we started 2018 with. This is a good thing as it will help our region tame affordability and create a sustainable marketplace. More homes came to market in 2018 than in any year since 2011. […]

Archive Give Back This Season Looking to share your bounty this holiday season? Below are some of my favorite Seattle-area organizations who can use your time, household items, toys, and more to help improve the lives of homeless and low-income families in our area. You might also check out these tips on how to make the most of charitable […]

Archive Q3 2018 Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Report As Q3 comes to a close, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are at their highest levels since April 2011—now averaging just above 4.7%. Even so, they are still far lower than their 30-year trendline. A 1% increase in mortgage interest rates decreases buying power by 10%. Or said differently, a 1% rate increase has the same […]

Archive 2018 Football Schedules, Recipes, Tips & More… Are you ready for some football? Scroll down for printable schedules, game-day recipes and awesome tailgating hacks… Hosting friends for game day? We’ve got you covered with everything from easy snacks to bonafide Seattle-born favorites… 1. Easy Chicken Taquitos So quick and delectable, you can skip the freezer aisle and go […]

Archive Q2 2018 Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Report Signs of transition to a more balanced market are becoming abundantly clear as we move further into 2018. Price growth, while still climbing in most areas, has tapered off and average market times are inching up. Brokers are beginning to dust off forms that have seen little use of late—finance and inspection contingencies—as buyers […]

Archive Free Recycling & Shredding Event May 19th Hosted in our Parking Lot: 2737 77TH AVE SE MERCER ISLAND Bring your recyclable items (working or not) to the event. All recycling services are free! We’re also sponsoring a Confidential Data Disposal truck for free, secure shredding of sensitive documents. Saturday, May 19th 9 am – 2 pm What we can recycle: […]

Archive Q1 2018 Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Report Q1 prices in the Seattle-Eastside region have escalated yet again with no sign of slowing in the immediate future. An unprecedented lack of inventory for sale coupled with rising interest rates has prompted buyers to compete with reckless abandon to win the prize of their very own home, albeit with a steep price tag. […]

Archive Eye on the Market_May 2017 Our market has no shortage of qualified buyers and properly priced, listings in most area are selling quickly. In some neighborhoods, homes are selling, on average, in less than 30 days. Our strong regional economy includes global companies that are attracting workers to our region. These companies impact our local market simply by where they […]

Archive Amazon Now Hiring 100,000 The South Lake Union-based e-commerce giant announced the plans in January to add more than 100,000 full-time employees in the U.S by 2018. Most of them will be in fulfillment centers, though some will be headquarters jobs in Seattle. There are 9,700 job positions in Seattle listed on Amazon’s job page. Amazon has about 40,000 […]

Archive One month after Brexit, its impact on US housing market When Britons voted to leave the European Union on July 23, 2016, in a referendum commonly known as Brexit, the impact on the British economy — and on Europe’s too — was immediate. Here across the pond, though, it’s not been totally clear how Brexit would affect the U.S. economy, and in particular interest rates […]

Archive How will the 2016 Election Impact the Housing Market? "Absolutely will!" " Depending upon who occupies the Whitel house in 2017. Historically speaking home prices continue to go up through an election year and indeed the year thereafter. However the rate of growth certainly slows. We can see a very robust price growth in 2016, however 2017 will be another matter entirely." "Wall Street is […]

Archive Seattle will host 2018 Special Olympics USA Games On Thursday May 12th, Seattle officials announced to host the next Special Olympics USA games in July 2018, which will mark the games' 50th year since its first International Special Olympics in 1968 in Chicago. It is anticipated to have 3500 athletes from 50 states to come over to Seattle from July 1-6, 2018. University […]

Archive China President Xi Jinping visits Seattle on 9/22-24, 2015 More Chinese people will know Seattle and its important role to US-China relations after Xi Jingping's visit. I have been seeing trenmendous inbound investment from China to Seattle area on tourism, real estate and Education businesses in the past 5 years. Numerous cities throughout Washington and China have established sister-city relationships as following: Seattle—Chongqing Tacoma—-FuZhou Spokane—Jilin Kent—Yangzhou Dupont—Qinghai […]

Archive Multiple offers and motivated buyers are heating up the early spring market in Seattle. Favorable weather and restored confidence are propelling home buying activity aournd Western Washington to the highest level in nearly a decade, according to NWMLS report released on Mar. 5th, 2015. Pending sales surged 18.7% in February compared to the same month a year ago. The number might be even higher given the ample supply of […]

Archive NWMLS Report_Feb2015 2月5日， NWMLS推出一月份房地产报告，数据显示目前的可卖房源库存量降到了22年内的新低。同比去年同期的库存量降低了11%。在King County, 目前只有两个月的库存。一般来讲，四个月至六个月的库存标志着房地产市场的健康供需平衡。相比偏低的市场库存，成交的房屋数量却比去年同比增长了3.7%。一个房屋收到多个买家报价的情况非常普遍。房屋成交的均价（Meidan Price)相比去年同期增长了9.4%， King County 上个月的房屋成交均价(Median Price) 比去年同期增长了6.9%，达到 $390,000. 目前的市场对于卖家来讲非常有利，因为我们已经看到非常多的买家开始行动。如果你想要卖房子，目前是卖家的机会。如果你想要买房子，你需要一个有经验的专业的买方经纪代理的协助。 http://www.nwmls.com/index.cfm?/News–Stats/Press-Releases

Archive A moment of History: Secretary John Kerry announced effectively today (11/12/14) US issues first ten-year visas to Chinese tourists and business men and women What does it mean to Seattle Real Estate market in the future? What do it mean to your business? A lot of people expect that more Chinese buyers come to Seattle to buy properties here. Some people may think that fewer Chinese would apply EB-5 visas. Are you ready for this change?

Archive NWMLS October 2014 Market Activity Summary Brokers say home buyers are back, but they're choosy KIRKLAND, Washington (Nov. 5, 2014) – Home buyers are back, and they're savvy and selective, according to officials who commented on the latest statistics from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. For sellers, that means pricing a home correctly at the start is vital, said industry veteran Kathy […]