North Sound Property News

Local online real estate brokerage Redfin just released their second annual customer satisfaction report called “The Redfin Advantage.”  One of the areas they are touting heavily is the negotiating advantage that Redfin’s customers are supposed to receive. 
Here’s Redfin’s graphical representation of their advantage:

I thought it would be a fun idea to compare their numbers to my own, […]

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Spring is here, and for the last several weeks, my husband and I have been working on re-landscaping our backyard.  In fact, we have been working on this since we moved into our house.  One of the very first things we did after closing was have a landscaper come over and tear out all of […]

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My friend asked: 

What is important to consider about where you are in LIFE, in your life journey, or even who you are as a person, how you LIVE your life, when thinking about buying real estate? Do you need to be committed to the location for a certain number of years? Do you have to […]

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Real estate agents the world over LOVE to send out buy vs. rent calculators to people who are renting a home but who may be interested in owning.  Usually, these calculators put the question into financial terms, and the intent is to show how owning is a better deal.
 But, I’m not actually sure that the […]

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Recently, real estate law in Washington state was significantly changed with regard to seller disclosures and buyer’s need to verify all information disclosed.  The burden now falls on the buyer to verify to their own satisfaction all information in the Seller disclosure, as no longer can a buyer sue a seller for negligent misrepresentation. 
 Once, if […]

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