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Entries Tagged as 'tips for homeowners'

Water, Water Everywhere…

March 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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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Tags: tips for homeowners · drainage issues · info for first time buyers · Seattle · information for buyers · mukilteo · snohomish county

How to Avoid Losing Your Home

August 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments

 With lending markets going through some difficult times, and the real estate market doing poorly seemingly everywhere BUT Seattle (I think we’re all holding our breath to see what the next few months have in store for us here), I think it is important to get some useful tips into the hands of homeowners who […]

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Tags: tips for homeowners · real estate · short sales · the real estate market

5 Ways to Sell Any House For More Money

August 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The market in Mukilteo, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Bothell, Kenmore and Mountlake Terrace has slowed a bit, although market activity is still in the healthy range.  But no matter how crappy the market is, no matter how hard it is for buyers to get a zero down loan, sellers still want to sell their house for the very best price […]

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Tags: tips for homeowners · staging · the real estate market · information for sellers

This Week in Real Estate

August 4th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: staging · real estate · tips for homeowners · information for investors · the real estate market · information for buyers · bubble-talk · information for sellers

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