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Seattle Foreclosure Rate Worst in the Nation–Hardly

With all the media blitz the last week over the rising foreclosure rate in the Seattle area one would think we are heading toward Las Vegas territory; not exactly. It is true that Seattle did indeed experience the largest year-over-year increas...

Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

Now is the "Best" time to buy according to the Northwest MLS and I would have to agree. Never again in my life time will we probably see prices off about 30% from a few years ago and interest rates close to 4% and with over 40,000 listings in t...

Top Tips ~ Things Your Burglar Won’t Tell You

Now that fall is here and most families are back busily running in and out of the house, I'd like to share this tongue in check article about keeping your home and family safe. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning y...

Back to School; Market Update

According the Northwest MLS recent report for August activity, value is what’s selling in the current housing market. Offers accepted were up 8.4 % from July, (a good sign as August is generally one of our slowest months) but off nearly 20% f...

Home Sales for July Fall to 15 year Low

The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes fell to a 15-year low in July (off 25% from July 2009) and new home sales are off 80% from the peak 5 years ago; those are some staggering headlines we've been seeing in the last...

Chief Economist Stan Humphries’ with Zillow comments on the latest national real estate data

While it appears we are moving in the right direction and getting less negative in terms of home values each month, the next few months will be very important and I hope the recent sluggishness is due to the typical summer slowdown and we can a...

“Not as bad as some think; not as good as some would like”

That was the tag line for the NWMLS as the numbers for July came out. It appears consumers are stuck in uncertainty surrounding the world's economic concerns, our lack of jobs and the rollercoaster of the stock market. They seem to be hunkering...

June Market Update

Home sales during May tapered off following a surge of activity in April as buyers hurried to meet deadlines for tax credits. The MLS reported a decline of pending sales of more than 44 percent from April. Year over year though throughout the 2...

April/May Update

The MLS numbers are in for April and the number of pending sales jumped 36% in King County from 12 months ago and closed sales were up 51% from a year ago. The tax credit certainly helped to do what was intended and stabilize the housing market...

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