Queen Anne real estate market has always been a hot one due to the highly desirable location and charming properties but it has never been hotter! The combination of the attractive values and historically low mortgage rates is bringing a lot of buyers that were sidelined during the boom and really propelling the Queen Anne [...] Read more
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Housing Affordability Diverges Sharply in Neighboring Markets: Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC
A Tale of Two Cities: Seattle or Vancouver, BC? The affordability of houses is trending sharply differently in the nearby markets of Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. Affordability is made up of three factors: the median home price of a city, median household income of the inhabitants, and the level of interest rates. Interest [...] Read more
3 Rules of Real Estate Investing
3 Rules of Real Estate Investing Three rules of investing from the wise old heads of the Washington REIA: If you aren’t embarrassed to make your offer, you are offering too much. If they take your first offer, you offered too much. If you need a calculator to figure out a deal, it is no [...] Read more
Learn about the Eastside Deal of the Week
Eastside Deal of the Week Each week I’m picking out the Deal of the Week out of my Eastside Value Buyer’s List. I’m looking for a house that is already discounted to fair market value at the list price and is in good repair. I visit the house, take 60+ photos, and record a video [...] Read more
What is a Short Sale?
What is a Short Sale? Do you know what a short sale is? You hear about it all the time in the news. Your friend just scored a super deal on a short sale. A stranger once suggested to you to never ever make an offer on a short sale. Read more
Pacific Northwest Top 10 Hottest Neighborhoods
“Wow” did you know that Seattle and Portland reached the top 10 hottest neighborhoods to live. Four of the five most popular U.S. neighborhoods are in Portland, Ore., and Seattle, based on for-sale real estate searches at Zillow.com in September. Zillow reported that homes in Portland’s Hillside neighborhood were more frequently searched than homes in [...] Read more
