seattle homes: Seattle Washington Neighborhood Series-Ballard, a taste of Norway - 10/16/09 02:15 AM
Your Seattle Washington Home Search is simply not complete without a tour of a wonderful community called Ballard. Ballard consists of multiple micro markets such as Loyal Heights, Crown Hill, Sunset Hill, North Beach and Whittier Heights to name a few that, in themselves, are some of the most diverse neighborhoods for history and uniqueness you will find in Seattle, WA.
Ballard's history is rich in Scandinavian lore with hard working folks deeply proud of their Norwegian Heritage. You can see that throughout parts of this wonderful community particularly in the business district where shop owners proudly display the flags of their Scandinavian Countries. On … (1 comments)

seattle homes: Seattle Washington Neighborhood Series-Fremont, The Center of the Universe - 10/14/09 01:48 AM
Fremont is one of your more ‘funkier' neighborhood in Seattle. Originally a separate city, it was annexed to Seattle in 1891. Named after Fremont, Nebraska, the hometown of two of its founders, L. H. Griffith and E. Blewett, it is situated along the Fremont Cut of the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the north of Queen Anne, the east of Ballard, the south of Phinney Ridge, and the southwest of Wallingford. Its boundaries are not formally fixed, but they can be thought of as consisting of the Ship Canal to the south, Stone Way N. to the east, N. 50th Street … (0 comments)

seattle homes: Staging our listings with a twist - 09/14/09 10:38 AM
At Seattle Realty Group, we have decided to take a good idea and make it great!
We love the idea of being able to stage our listings to help our sellers homes look their very best. And, with no intended offense to our wonderful stagers out there, we wanted to do it with a bit more impact.
I will be honest, professional stagers are far more qualified and honestly more equipped to truly do a whole house but what we wanted to do was offer the great appeal of a staged home, at no cost to our sellers of course, and … (1 comments)

seattle homes: Would this For Sale sign make you stop your car? - 09/14/09 10:11 AM
I'm attempting some "out of the box" marketing for my Listings and decided to turn my for sale sign into a flyer! I've eliminated the flyer box on my yard arm in hopes this eye catching for sale sign will get my phone ringing. Would love you thoughts, suggestions, input, comments and critisms.

Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
 
Patrick Flynn, Broker/Owner/Certified Real Estate Instructor
Seattle Realty Group
260.228.1900
seattlerealtygroup@gmail.com
www.SeattleRealtyGroupllc.com
 
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seattle homes: Is staging your home a smart move? - 06/05/09 04:01 AM
Before you put your house on the market, take a look at what the buyer sees. Is your home vacant? Is the furnishings you have over sized? Outdated? Not in keeping with the theme of your home? If the buyer can't envision buying your home, perhaps it's because they aren't looking at it right...fully furnished and gorgeous!!!Staged homes sell fast, 56% faster than vacant or poorly furnished homes! And they tend to sell for more, around 10% more!Staged homes just feel...well, like home! And buyers get that! If you are a homeowner with a vacant or poorly furnished home, give Stages Ready.com … (0 comments)