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Uncategorized It’s Veteran’s Day – How about a bit on VA Loans? First, a big Thank You to veterans and those who are close to them. Who Qualifies: http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/elig2.aspLoan Limits and other Seattle-area specifics: http://www.mortgageporter.com/reportingfromseattle/2010/12/va-loan-limits-for-2011.html
Uncategorized This Week’s Economic Commentary rt@SeattleEcon This Week’s Economic Commentary – courtesy of Matthew Gardner, Gardner Economics http://bit.ly/dI1obJ I’m on a “trip-of-a-lifetime” from October 3 – October 25; rafting the Grand Canyon. This content is posted by my wonderful office assistant. If you need anything during my absence, please contact Jenny Doyle, licensed Real Estate Broker; jdoyle@windermere.com; (206) 465-5333.
Uncategorized This Week’s Economic Commentary rt@SeattleEcon This Week’s Economic Commentary – courtesy of Matthew Gardner, Gardner Economics http://bit.ly/dI1obJ I’m on a “trip-of-a-lifetime” from October 3 – October 25; rafting the Grand Canyon. This content is posted by my wonderful office assistant. If you need anything during my absence, please contact Jenny Doyle, licensed Real Estate Broker; jdoyle@windermere.com; (206) 465-5333.
Uncategorized This Week’s Economic Commentary rt@SeattleEcon This Week’s Economic Commentary – courtesy of Matthew Gardner, Gardner Economics http://bit.ly/dI1obJ I’m on a “trip-of-a-lifetime” from October 3 – October 25; rafting the Grand Canyon. This content is posted by my wonderful office assistant. If you need anything during my absence, please contact Jenny Doyle, licensed Real Estate Broker; jdoyle@windermere.com; (206) 465-5333.
Uncategorized This Week’s Economic Commentary rt@SeattleEcon This Week’s Economic Commentary – courtesy of Matthew Gardner, Gardner Economics http://bit.ly/dI1obJ I’m on a “trip-of-a-lifetime” from October 3 – October 25; rafting the Grand Canyon. This content is posted by my wonderful office assistant. If you need anything during my absence, please contact Jenny Doyle, licensed Real Estate Broker; jdoyle@windermere.com; (206) 465-5333.
Uncategorized Laurelhurst Broker Tour There were some great homes on the broker tour today in the areas north of the Ship Canal. This home in Laurelhurst had six portholes arranged in the wall. Very cool. Judging from the number of construction/work trucks in Laurelhurst today, some people are still spending to improve their homes.
Uncategorized Refinancing? Perhaps I can help improve your odds of success With interest rates continuing to amaze, are you considering re-financing? If so, this content from Inman News, while dated, may be interesting: http://www.inman.com/buyers-sellers/columnists/jackguttentag/debunking-refinance-myths?page=0%2C0. Many refinance efforts work just fine, but…more fail these days than have in the past. (I couldn’t quickly find the numbers, but in many ways, it doesn’t matter. If the one that […]
Uncategorized Real Estate from the Inside For some reason, I thought real estate owners/buyers/sellers in the Seattle area might be interested in a bit of a “behind the scenes” look at real estate agency in Seattle, care of Inman News, brought to my attention by Judie Sanders. The content is directed toward real estate agents, but there is some good data […]
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Uncategorized Down to Business with Josh Dirks Interviews Windermere CEO OB Jacobi For anyone looking to better “understand” Windermere as a company (roots; vision; direction; guiding principles, etc.) I think this is insightful informative (great questions, Josh). At the end of the first video, OB tells the story of some work that our Green Lake office did in June at Bagley Elementary. That was a great opportunity […]
Uncategorized OneTakeRealEstate: Verbal “Offers” Perhaps the simple act of putting “offers” in quotes is indicative of my current position on this. The events that inspired this post: -An agent called me yesterday on a recently listed (one week) property of mine, and asked me if my clients would take 15% off of the price. -My response, in short: –I don’t make […]
Uncategorized Daily Activity + Laurelhurst Mid-Century with amazing living/master BR views http://www.youtube.com/get_player Here’s a link to the home I’m in: http://www.matrix.nwmls.com/DE.asp?k=1550274XM0G6&p;=DE-8489083-334
Uncategorized Interesting Mid-Century Opportunities in Magnolia http://www.youtube.com/get_player Two relatively similarly priced homes in Magnolia. One offers a large lot and a neighborhood of higher priced homes, the other offers great view of Downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay, and perhaps Mt. Rainer. I thought it was interesting to compare these two, but I was only able to secure permission to blog about one […]
Uncategorized Monday Windermere Tour Results; Compared to previous Monday Last week I had a property just north of Green Lake on Windermere tour. It was 3BR/2BA, listed at 750,000. 12 agents showed up. Today, I hosted a 3BR/1.5BA home just south of the lake and had eight people show up; three of then passers-by. What was the difference? Weather, I think (sunny last week and overcast […]
Uncategorized ThriveSeattle OneTakeRealEstate – Sunday Condo Open House; Newsprint brought people The newspaper works to draw potential buyers to One Pacific Tower (2000 1st Ave). Not many come, but they are often well-qualified and serious. http://www.youtube.com/get_player Some poor word choice made me want to re-shoot this, but…more important was to keep the “one take” streak alive!
Uncategorized OneTakeRealEstate #5 – Today’s Activity + “Timing the Bottom” http://www.youtube.com/get_player This week: Current Price Trends and “Timing the Bottom”The following shows current (through June) price trends (average cost/square foot) in Metro Seattle. Now, I definitely am not going to issue a blanket “buy now” opinion that purports to consider all elements of all buyers’ personal equations. However, I did have the chance a few weeks […]
Uncategorized ThriveSeattle’s OneTakeRealEstate #4 – Windermere EVP Edward Krigsman re: PSBJ’s Battle of the Brands In today’s edition, Edward shares his perspective on the Battle of the Brands competition in general and the strength of the Windermere brand specifically. http://www.youtube.com/get_player If you’d like to vote: http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/feature/battle-of-the-brands-final-round.html
Uncategorized Video Blog #3 – How produce a great turn-out on Broker Tour day Presentation+Pricing+Promotion (+weather!) http://www.youtube.com/get_player
Uncategorized What Can Go Wrong With An Homeowners Association?: Q: What Can Go Wrong With An Homeowners Association?:A friend recently asked me this question. His question was about downtown Seattle condominiums, but as I considered my answer, I thought it important to point out to him that the answer applies to all properties governed by an HOA (sometimes single-family detached neighborhoods). Also, I think […]
Uncategorized Magnolia – Briarcliff I interviewed the listing agent for the Briarcliff development today. They currently have two homes built and a third almost completed. Their goal is for all 39 floor plans to be different. Interesting. http://www.youtube.com/get_player
Uncategorized ThriveSeattle’s first ever video-blog: Season1Show1 Congratulations to Trent and Michelle burns. Early feedback is unanimous: You did a great job on the remodel and should do this professionally. Are you sure you want to move?! (Video looks grainy here; let’s see how it loads…) http://www.youtube.com/get_player