The Specialist in Seattle Real Estate
Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) today reported a 43 percent increase in pending sales of single family homes and condominiums during May compared to the same month a year ago. However there were about 5 percent fewer year-to-date transactions than in 2010. Why the wide discrepancy? During the first five months of 2010 sales were …
The Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) reported today that we are starting to a see something that had all but vanished in recent months: multiple offers. This is something I have experienced first-hand with buyers recently as well. Several directors of Northwest Multiple Listing Service noted they are encountering more bidding wars in certain neighborhoods …
I just uploaded the Seattle home sales statistics by neighborhood for December 2009 to my website for clients to access, so I thought I would share them on my blog as well. I have broken out single family residences and condos by neighborhood for analysis. The Talon Title Group compiles this data for me and …
Yes, Seattle is having some employment improvements and it shows. Being 13th on this list by Indeed.com is pretty good, when you consider the alternatives. That means there is currently 1 job for every 3 unemployed people. We were one of the last cities to see improvement in our unemployment statistics in the last recession. …
Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced today that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow homeowners to use the $8,000 tax credit as a down payment. He made these remarks in an address this morning at The Real Estate Summit: Advancing the U.S. …