North Sound Property News

I received the following email from one of the lenders I work with yesterday morning:
As you may be aware, our industry has taken some big hits in the last week or so.  Many lenders and investment companies are taking a look at their portfolios and loan programs.  Some companies have ceased business altogether and others are […]

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The news in real estate this week is the implosion of the lending market, with American Home Mortgage and now Novastar forced to shut down on margin calls.  Of the two, the decision by AHM to close is the more surprising, because unlike many of the other lenders that have been affected by this spring […]

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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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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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In honor of studying for my Broker’s Exam, I thought I would write an entry about the vocabulary that really is used in real estate listings. These are not the legal terms that all agents and brokers are required to learn for their state licensing requirements, rather, words that are used in the marketing of […]

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