Category: Issaquah

Where do I go in Washington State to confirm my contractor is licensed and has L&I coverage?

We have to work with a lot of contractors in our daily job in real estate mostly because an entire economy revolves around the preparation and sale of homes. If a seller isn’t already preparing a house ahead of the sale, it’s very likely that the home buyer will do...

Have you been wanting to know what your home is worth in today’s HOT market? 0

Have you been wanting to know what your home is worth in today’s HOT market?

With inventory levels continuing to be so low in the King, Snohomish and Pierce County areas, it’s a good time to think about selling if you’ve been considering it recently. Curious if your home has enough equity? Click Here for a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to find out How Much Your...

What Lenders are looking for when you apply for a home loan 0

What Lenders are looking for when you apply for a home loan

When you apply for a loan, lenders assess your credit risk based on a number of factors, including your credit/payment history, income, and overall financial situation. Here is some additional information to help explain these factors, also known as the “5 Cs”, to help you better understand what lenders look...

June 2015 real estate sales in Seattle and surrounding areas are sizzling! 0

June 2015 real estate sales in Seattle and surrounding areas are sizzling!

This is reprint with permission from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service which services real estate broker members within Washington State. Home sales sizzling around Western Washington July 6, 2015 Current Statistics | Market Recaps | Market Update Charts KIRKLAND, Washington (July 6, 2015) – Temperatures around Western Washington were not...

NWMLS proves our point about lack of inventory in Seattle and King County for 2015 0

NWMLS proves our point about lack of inventory in Seattle and King County for 2015

I’ve been saying this for quite a while now, but here is some information to back up my remarks via our Northwest Multiple Listing Service – the database membership that all brokers in our area (residential in specific – many pure commercial brokers are members of CBA instead) use in...

Annual Team Reba home seller class in Seattle Sat, Feb 28th,11am-1pm! 0

Annual Team Reba home seller class in Seattle Sat, Feb 28th,11am-1pm!

No Fluff Savvy Home Seller Seminar -FREE- Feb 28 in Seattle Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:00 am – 1:00 pm RE/MAX Metro Realty Inc. office RSVP to Classes@teamreba.com or call 425.970.3697 Home buyers get a class to learn what to expect in a purchase, but doesn’t a seller need to...

Do you agree with this video that Seattle is the best city in the world? 0

Do you agree with this video that Seattle is the best city in the world?

What are your thoughts on this video and its message?  

JUMBO loans seem to be splitting lenders focus in 2009 market 0

JUMBO loans seem to be splitting lenders focus in 2009 market

For the last half of 2007 and all of 2008 the hardest to sell market in the Puget Sound area was homes that were in the roughly $650,000 to $1.5M range.  Why?  Because most of those properties required JUMBO loans for the buyers to secure the purchase and this was...

Are you chicken? 0

Are you chicken?

A local organization called Seattle Tilth is having a workshop this coming weekend in Issaquah to teach the public how to raise and keep chickens, they call it “City Chickens“.  I love the idea of it because then you can have fresh eggs, composting material for your gardens, and chickens...

Need a copy of an oil tank decommissioning report? 0

Need a copy of an oil tank decommissioning report?

Since there is an abundance of older housing stock in the City of Seattle, it’s not uncommon to have the question of whether or not an oil tank is on a property. To determine if a tank has been decommissioned it is possible to contact the local Fire Department and...