seattle: Is your Seattle rental ready for mandated inspections starting in 2015?
- 10/06/14 06:08 AM
First deadline for Seattle Rental Registration and Inspections ordinance passes September 30th was the first Seattle Rental Registration and Inspections ordinance due date for properties with 10 or more units and properties with a history of code compliance violations. Seattle’s DPD has just released its first data set for registration compliance, and say that over 2,100 registrations of an estimated 2400 target properties in the 10+ unit demographic were received by the deadline. Online registrations have proven popular with approximately 75% of registrations submitted via the web. As rental housing owners continue to submit registrations RHA encourages them to use the onlne … (2 comments)
seattle: Team Reba hosts WSHFC home buyer class, Sept 20, 2014 from 10am to 3pm
- 09/17/14 06:32 AM
This Saturday we'll be hosting and providing the volunteer speakers for a Washington State Housing Finance Commission home buyer's class at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle. The class runs from 10am to 3pm, for the required 5 hour course which will provide a WSHFC certificate good for 2 years for qualifying buyers. The certificate is necessary for certain WSHFC programs. You can go to this link for more info and access to RSVP for the class on Facebook. Speakers will be Eric Aasness of Wells Fargo and Robin Tomazic from Team Reba of RE/MAX Metro Realty You can … (0 comments)
seattle: 9 Tips on interviewing listing agents for your upcoming 2014 home sale
- 12/11/13 05:53 AM
It’s that time of year in which people are scurrying about handling holiday parties and buying gifts, but it’s also a time when people are considering changes in their lives. Including, a possible move, which could lead to the need to sell a home. Lots of clients we speak to each year start this thinking mode process in about Sept or October but they want to get through the holidays before making a change… because as we all know, other than public speaking, for most Americans – we hate to move. When you’re ready to take that plunge and you start … (0 comments)
seattle: End of 2012 unemployment numbers are out and WA is looking good!
- 01/18/13 03:07 AM
Preliminary data is out for unemployment rates across the USA and it’s more good news for WA. As of Dec 2012 the number for WA is down to 7.6% BUT what is even cooler is that the number specifically for the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett area is down to 6.5%! Want to read the entire report? You can go to this link for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yes, we real estate brokers can be serious number nerds too… … (0 comments)
seattle: Santa takes Seattle off the naughty list and makes us nice!
- 12/10/12 08:40 AM
Seattle is now on the list... guess it isn't just Santa making a list and checking it twice... http://www.dsnews.com/articles/nahb-list-of-improving-markets-hits-201-up-by-76-2012-12-07
In this article from DS News they report that NAHB has its list of improving markets and there is a big bump up of cities that are now improving. Me and my team at Team Reba have been watching this trend occurring in Seattle's metro market since April 2011 and saw when the turnaround began. Now, we just need our unemployment rate to drop closer to 5-6% to really heat it up in all market areas. Outlying cities are still … (0 comments)
seattle: Is that an egress window and a closet or are you just glad to see me?
- 10/25/12 03:00 AM
Yes, I know, it's a strange title but it's to make a point. There are many sellers out there who don't recognize, or perhaps just realize, that it's always better to be more realistic in the marketing remarks of your home than to over-sell. I just had this discussion with an investor seller of mine as we were about to put a new flip on the market. He wanted me to advertise the home as a 4 bedroom home because they'd made an extra room off the open area in the basement. He thought that just because it had a window and a … (3 comments)
seattle: City of Seattle has positive news on job growth for 2012!
- 10/19/12 09:41 AM
We always like hearing good news about employment because it's a driving force behind real estate values. Richard Conlin, on the Seattle City Council, sends out a monthly newsletter that gives a lot of information about the happenings in the Seattle employment and neighborhood development divisions of the city. In this past newsletter he provided positive news on employment gains within Seattle and the surrounding areas. While it's a bit higher in concentration within Seattle, at least overall it is positive for our entire region and, as we all know in real estate, strong employment helps to bolster home values. Here … (4 comments)
seattle: Need to find a permit for the home you're buying? Or to see if any exist?
- 04/05/12 01:55 AM
Excellent Q&A about home issues in this attached article link called Beauty of the As Built Permit, including how to find out about permits on a home with additions, etc. So timely since a client just emailed me this morning about just such a topic... We'd closed on their sale last week and they had the sellers direct contact info, but she still emailed me to ask the question. I forwarded her request, plus let her know that the local City of Seattle Dept of Planning & Development has a website that lists permits back to 1983 where she could look … (2 comments)
seattle: FREE Class for Sellers - No Fluff Savvy Home Seller - April 21, 2012 in Seattle
- 03/30/12 03:25 AM
No Fluff Savvy Home Seller - April 21, 2012 Seattle 04/21/201212:00 pm - 2:00 pm REMAX Metro Realty - 2312 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle WA 98102 Home buyers get a class to learn what to expect in a purchase, but doesn't a seller need to know the process from their side? Of course! Most people don't realize that home selling is often more of a nail biting experience than buying until they're in the middle of it. In today's selling environment, there are many new factors that sellers in the past didn't have to factor in - like bank owned properties … (0 comments)
seattle: Level II - No Fluff Savvy Home Buying Class , April 21, 2012 in Seattle
- 03/30/12 03:17 AM
No Fluff Savvy Home Buyer - Level II April 21, 2012 Seattle 04/21/201210:00 am - 12:00 pm REMAX Metro Realty - 2312 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle 98102 In this next level class for home buyers, we'll be discussing the specific contractual elements of the home buying process in detail - including what to expect in traditional, bank owned, and short sale transactions as well as the typical contingencies of each sale type. Learning will also include having a home inspector, moving expert and title insurance representative on hand to discuss best practices to protect yourself and make your purchase and move-in … (0 comments)
seattle: No Fluff Savvy Home Buying class - Level 1, (Sat) March 3rd, 2012 - in Seattle!
- 02/14/12 04:41 AM
No Fluff Savvy Home Buying - Level I, March 3rd, 2012 03/03/201210:00 am - 12:00 pm RE/MAX Metro Realty office at 2312 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle WA 98102 RSVP to Classes@TeamReba.com by 03/01/2012If you’ve been wondering what the state of the real estate market is like in Seattle and the general King/Snohomish/Pierce County area, now is your chance to get a No Fluff reality check. We’ll have Team Reba real estate brokers and a 30+ year veteran local mortgage lender (Eric Aasness of Wells Fargo) on hand to help you learn how to navigate today’s new realities of buying real estate. … (0 comments)
seattle: Update on cash buyer activity in Seattle/Bellevue area...
- 01/31/12 03:12 AM
Updated on how much cash we're seeing.... had a client lose out on a bid for a nearly $1,000,000 home to an all cash buyer this past weekend. Wow! Those people with cash who've been sitting on the sidelines in the Seattle and Bellevue market place seem to believe we're starting to pull out of continued price reductions. These kinds of deals are popping up in the most popular areas of our region including north Seattle neighborhoods, Bellevue, Kirkland, Sammamish, Issaquah, and Redmond. … (0 comments)
seattle: Team Reba's No Fluff level 1 home buying class in Seattle, January 21st 10am-12pm!
- 12/29/11 10:40 AM
No Fluff Savvy Home Buying - Level I January 21st, 2012 01/21/2012 10:00 am - 12:00 pm RE/MAX Metro Realty office at 2312 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle WA 98102 RSVP to Classes@TeamReba.com by 01/19/2011 If you’ve been wondering what the state of the real estate market is like in Seattle and the general King/Snohomish/Pierce County area, now is your chance to get a No Fluff reality check. We’ll have Team Reba real estate brokers and a 30+ year veteran local mortgage lender (Eric Aasness of Wells Fargo) on hand to help you learn how to navigate today’s new realities of buying … (1 comments)
seattle: Team Reba's FREE No Fluff Savvy Home Buyer Seminar 10/22/2011 in Seattle, 10am-12pm!
- 10/05/11 06:17 AM
No Fluff Savvy Home Buying Class 10/22/201110:00 am - 12:00 pm RE/MAX Metro Realty office at 2312 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle WA 98102 RSVP to Classes@TeamReba.com by 10/20/2011If you’ve been wondering what the state of the real estate market is like in Seattle and the general King County area, now is your chance to get a No Fluff reality check. We’ll have Team Reba real estate brokers and a local mortgage lender (Eric Aasness of Bank of America) on hand to help you learn how to navigate today’s new realities of buying real estate. On the agenda will be 3 major … (1 comments)
seattle: Is your daily latte habit keeping you from owning a home?
- 10/04/11 12:22 PM
Many times in the 8.5 years since I've been a real estate agent I've been asked by people how it is possible to save up enough money for a down payment and the closing costs of a house or condo? Given that there are homes in the outlying areas of Seattle and Bellevue where price points have dropped under $100,000 for homes and condos, it's worth considering buying over continuing to rent especially if what you're paying in rent is more than your payment and HOA dues (if any) would cost you. Here is an estimated example (I'm not a loan officer so am … (24 comments)
We have a great class coming up this Saturday. Please share our invitation with anyone you know who would benefit from getting personalized time the experts in credit, lending and real estate.
If you’ve been wondering what the state of the real estate market is like in the King and Pierce county areas, now is your chance to get a No Fluff reality check. We’ll have Team Reba real estate brokers, a local mortgage lender (Paul McFadden from Legacy Group), and a credit repair specialist (Roger Cruise from LCA Publishing) on hand to … (0 comments)
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