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Lake Roosevelt is approximately 60 miles northwest of Spokane. The lake spans over 150 miles, extending from Grand Coulee dam to near the Canadian border. Wildlife abounds on the shores of Lake Roosevelt, and the lake is known for its world-class fishing, with walleye, bass, and rainbow trout and...

Right now there are many great buys in the Spokane market. Before you jump in, take the time to educate yourself about what is available to you. I've provided information below on the process a distressed home may go through, and the opportunities to purchase them along the way. Spokane Pre-forec...

The $790 billion stimulus package signed by President Obama today increases the home buyer tax credit to $8,000, drops the repayment feature, reinstates last year's 2008 loan limits for FHA, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae loans, and provides $2 billion in additional funding for states and localities...

In an effort to invigorate the national housing industry, the Senate voted Wednesday night to give home buyers a tax break of up to $15,000. The proposal would allow a tax credit of 10 percent of the value of new or existing residences, up to a $15,000 limit, which would be applied to their tax b...

US News and World Report listed Spokane in their "10 Great Low-Tax Places to Retire" Report. They created a search tool that ranks and analyzes more than 2,000 locations throughout the United States, according to various criteria including cost of living, healthcare, climate, and recreation. Spok...

As of January 2nd, the total snowfall in Spokane for the season was 66.9 inches. We’ve broken all the previous records. It is getting hard to come by a shovel, scraper, snowblower or roof rake anywhere. One day before Christmas we stopped to pick up some replacement wiper blades at Shucks Auto, a...

Home staging is the art of maximizing a home's best features to create an edge over the competition. That means cleaning, eliminating clutter, working with the "flow" of a home, neutralizing colors, creating the illusion of space, editing and arranging furniture, and enhancing curb-appeal.  Other...

Yep, you read that right. Most people know by now that the Spokane Real Estate market has not experienced the steep decline in values that many other locations have seen. Although listing inventory is high and total sales have declined, we've held fairly steady on prices. But that doesn't mean th...

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If you plan to buy a home any time soon, you have probably considered most of the obvious questions like, what neighborhood you want to live in, how many bedrooms you need, and when you want to move. But before you get too far down the road, you'll need an answer to an extremely important questio...