The Specialist in Seattle Real Estate
Despite the economic slowdown in China, Chinese investors are still having a major influence in the Greater Seattle Real Estate Market. For the 12 month-period ending March 2015 buyers from China purchased $28.6 billion in real estate in the United States. That’s up from $22 billion a year ago, according to NAR’s 2015 Profile of …
The new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices were released today and it shows Seattle has the fifth largest percentage of increase of value of all of the 20 major metropolitan cities included in the index over the last year. The top five were: Seattle has been one of cities that has consistently shown growth year-over-year sustained …
For the first time in over a hundred years on November 3rd, Seattle will be electing it’s City Council Members based on geographical Districts, instead of city-wide. This has huge implications for the political process and the future direction of the city. There will be 7 District, or neighborhood races. And there will be two …
Housing Chartbook: February 2014 Several Mortgage Professionals with Wells Fargo have sent me this report over the last couple of days. It’s a very thoughtful analysis of the near-term housing outlook based on historical data and near-term predictions using a number of factors. They look at GDP, energy and material costs, demographics and changing family …
Both Zillow and Trulia offer some great tools for consumers. And they are mostly accessible without needing to register and get on a mailing list that clutters up your inbox. The one I like the most from Trulia is their Local Info Heat Maps. These maps help someone get a visual and geographical representation of …