By Glenn Roberts
According to an article in the February 5th Seattle Times, the average sales price of a Seattle home rose 3.8% in January compared to January of 2009. This is the first time the year over year figures have gone up in 2 years. Unfortunately, the suburbs and outlying areas' figures...
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By Claire Zaner
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10FOB-wwln-t.html?em ...
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By John "Mack" McCoy
The just-released Case-Shiller Index for October shows Seattle values at 149.26, virtually unchanged for the seventh consecutive month, providing further evidence that home values have stabilized in the Seattle area. After reaching a low of 149.03 in March, index values have hovered between 148.94 and 149.54, a fluctuation of less...
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Remember last December? Want to? * The economy was teetering on the brink of collapse. * Real estate values splattered. * The banking industry took a $700 billion bailout. * General Motors and Chrysler thought they wouldn't make it through the end of 2008. * Manufacturing was in the tank. * The workforce was losing...
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By Jason Wall
Kirsten Grind has a fantastic new investigative report in the Puget Sound Business Journal. In the article Kirsten questions the real reasons behind the closing of Washington Mutual. It now appears that WAMU had enough liquid assets to survive. So why did federal regulators close our locally grown institution so quickly?...
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By Christiaan Bourdrez
This is great news for Seattle as there are a lot of first time buyers and move up buyers who have been waiting for the right house
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This just sent to me by: Rick HubbertSenior Mortgage ConsultantOn Q FinancialWA Lic. 510-LO-37044425-643-7000 PhoneUS Senators Near Deal On Extending Home Buyer Tax Credit By Jessica Holzer, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S.Senators are nearing a deal on a measure to extend the first-time home buyer tax...
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An Associated Press article from Friday points out what most homeowners already know - it still generally pays to own a home. Even though prices are down significantly from the peak, they're still worth quite a bit more than they were a decade ago. In Seattle, the median home price...
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By Aune Tietz
Curb appeal is the look and feel you get from the outward appearance of a home and its surrounding grounds. It's a first impression as to what you might expect once you step inside the home. With a good curb appeal presence, you set the stage of an inviting place to call home for potential...
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