Many of us are so busy worrying about whether we'll remember to set our clocks back on Saturday night, that King County's property tax deadline may accidentally be forgotten. Normally, property taxes are due on October 31, but because this date falls on the weekend, homeowners who either own thei
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10/30/2009
Single family homes in South King County Communities which have sold & closed through September 30 numbered 2885 and over $8.75 million in volume. The combined average sales price was $307,915, which was 97.1% of the $317,110 Average List Price.* *These numbers reflect Single family home sale
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10/30/2009
Homes sales within the Tahoma School District continue to favor the under $400,000 price ranges as first time home buyers jockey for the November tax credit finish line. Of the 127 Pending Sales in Escrow, 82% are under $400,000. Here's a Monday Market Snapshot of Residential Single Family
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10/26/2009
Until the process of short sales is streamlined and made to be more uniform, it will continue to be a frustrating experience for most parties involved; the home seller, the home buyer, the real estate agents involved, closing parties. They require more time and tenacity than most "regular sales"
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10/26/2009
This is a post I wrote a year ago about an actual showing I'd had that day. It was so fun because Halloween really was just around the corner, and this house really was the creepiest I'd ever shown in almost two decades of real estate. So in the spirit of Halloween, I'm dusting off this old blog
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10/25/2009
I closed a sale yesterday. There were no celebrations, no high fives. The sellers said good bye to a dream, which for them had started about three years past; before everything went crazy and when anything seemed possible. I worked hard on this short sale, harder than I have since the early 9
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10/24/2009