North Sound Property News

Here is the first truth about short sales: there is no “one truth” about short sales.  If you ask 10 different agents about what it’s like to work short sales, you’ll probably get 10 different answers, which will be influenced by the agent’s personality and tenacity, the situation surrounding the short sale, the lender itself, […]

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I’ve talked before in this blog about being a big booster of the downtown Everett revitalization that is happening.  A big part of the city’s future plans include the redevelopment of the Everett waterfront, which it is believed will be a big draw to the area.
On that note, this arrived in my email inbox today:
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While we’re waiting for the NWMLS statistics for March to come out, I thought I would go ahead and share some of the market information I am receiving from Altos Research.  If you click on the “Get Reports” button on the header above, you can request to have this report, or one for the city […]

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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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The Mukilteo Beacon sure seems to think so.  Citing the lack of economic downturn in Mukilteo, Pat Ratliff of the Beacon writes,
“Even during the winter “slow months,” many local businesses are reporting either the same or better business than last year. Some businesses have reported a slowdown, but not the large numbers reported on national […]

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