Sam DeBord
Seattle Real Estate - Seattle homes, condos, waterfront, and houseboats.
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SeattleHome.com has launched a new search for water view homes this week. Without having to search for each neighborhood, type of view (river, bay, lake, city, territorial, etc.), and other features, the new search quickly narrows down water view homes by neighborhood. Select quickly from each dr...
06/30/2009
Prices on Seattle homes rose in April for the first time in a year. From March to April, real estate prices rose just 0.23 percent in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. The increase is miniscule, but it halts a trend of losses and is likely due to the seasonal uptick of spring and summer ho...
06/30/2009
We've had a large number of Canadian buyers in the Seattle area over the past couple of years. Many of our clients come down from Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, to buy second homes and investment properties in the Puget Sound region. According to the National Association of REALTORS,...
06/30/2009
The number of bank-owned waterfront condos in Seattle and King County is surprisingly low, keeping in line with the scarce waterfront single-family homes in foreclosure. As of today, there are only two condos in the entire county that are listed as bank-owned waterfront, and just one of those is...
06/28/2009
Waterfront home owners, on average, have more equity in their homes than other home owners, and their homes hold their value better. That hasn't stopped some waterfront homes in the Seattle area from going on the auction block, and reverting back to the bank. To be honest, the number of foreclos...
06/25/2009
Bringing more information and data to the public is in the best interest of real estate professionals. I don't buy the old mindset that we, in the real estate community, are the gatekeepers to home information. Our job is to provide service and to be educated and experienced in real estate cont...
06/25/2009
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Water views are some of the most difficult factors to value when pricing a home. There are so many contributing factors to a water view's value, it's hard to know where to start. Everything from the body of water, direction, angle of view, fullness of view, proximity to water, obstructions, ref...
06/22/2009
Freddie Mac has released some improvements to the Relief Refinance Mortgage terms. This program is part of the Making Home Affordable plan from the federal government which was intended to help struggling home owners to refinance their mortgage to lower interest rates. FHMC (Freddie Mac/Federal ...
06/20/2009
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Jumping into the real estate world can be daunting for a first-time home buyer. You've never owned a home before, and now you're supposed to learn about mortgages, down payments, credit scores, contracts, title, escrow, inspections, foreclosures, and many other topics all at once. A great way to...
06/18/2009
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The Denny-Blaine neighborhood had relatively few homes sales in the first half of 2009. Some of that may be due to the tight lending market in the jumbo and super-jumbo mortgage arena, although many homes here are purchased in cash transactions. There have been just 3 sales in Denny-Blaine in 20...
06/16/2009
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