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Entries from June 2009

Let’s Get Real About the Housing Market

July 30th, 2007 · No Comments

This post by “The Mass. Mouth” Michael Freedberg sums up quite nicely I think what is currently going on in the housing market in North King and South Snohomish counties. Freedberg is based in Massachusetts, but his observation could be applied to anywhere that is experiencing similar market phenomena.
The Mouth’s supposition is that in a […]

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Tags: real estate · the real estate market

Renovate or Buy New, Part II

July 30th, 2007 · No Comments

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post about how a person could decide whether to renovate their home or buy a new one. Well, it turns out this is by far the most popular search term for people who find their way to this blog, so with that in mind I thought […]

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Tags: real estate · renovate or buy new? · over-improvement

Earthquake!

July 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

No matter where you live in the United States, there is always some kind of natural disaster that is common to the area. If you live on the East Coast, you have hurricanes. The midwest and mountain states have tornadoes. Here in the Pacific Northwest (and all up and down the West Coast) we have […]

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Tags: tips for homeowners

Seattle Makes another Top 10 List

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Seattle made another top 10 list this week. Unfortunately, it was the Forbes list of Top 10 Least Affordable Cities. According to the Forbes article,
“A lot of it has to do with regulations and zoning,” says Robert Bruegmann,a history and urban planning professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.“The higher cost of doing business–and […]

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Tags: info for first time buyers · Seattle · the real estate market · information for buyers

Test Post

July 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Just testing for now.  New site to roll out September 1, 2007!

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