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Recently Sold in Seattle, Bought in Lake Forest Park!

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We recently posted about our client’s home who we had assisted with selling in Broadview. Prior to listing their home for sale, they had identified the perfect single level home in Lake Forest Park where home they could easily age in place; their previous home was two stories with a basement, in other words, a … Continued

NW Seattle Real Estate Market Update | November 22, 2022

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No surprise that Buyer activity has been down for the past two weeks. This is expected given the time of year and the beginning of the holiday season. New listings are also down, and withdrawn homes or homes that have cancelled their listings have been rising. Both of these are helping our inventory levels come … Continued

Just Bought in Redmond!

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Sometimes things work out so perfectly, that you couldn’t have planned it any better if you tried! That is the case when friends and neighbors in Broadview decided it was time to downsize and moved to Trilogy in Redmond. Sandy and Maribeth were the first to decide to move to Trilogy and found a very … Continued

NW Seattle Real Estate Market Update | November 7, 2022

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Welcome to November and another Fed rate hike last week. However, so far that rate hike has not affected our local market. In fact, Buyer activity was actually pretty strong over the last 7 days. Possibly Buyers are nervous of an additional rise in Mortgage interest rates and they want to lock in their rate. … Continued

Recently Sold in Broadview!

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We met this client many years ago, they had been receiving our newsletter and asked us what they should do to prepare their home for sale as they wanted to move from the multi-level home where they raised their family into a single level home where they could more easily age in place. Their move … Continued

Recently Sold in Lynnwood!

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We assisted our client with the purchase of her home just a few years ago. She had been entertaining the idea of purchasing a home for quite some time and eventually found a home that suited her perfectly. Fast-track to 2022 when she was encouraged by her extended family to move out of state and … Continued

NW Seattle Real Estate Market Update | October 24, 2022

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Buyer activity was surprisingly strong this past week, especially given that interest rates went up another ¼ point last week and ⅛ the previous week! We had 36 homes go under contract – 25 Pending and 11 Pending Inspection. The previous week we only had 28 go under contract. Homes are taking longer to sell. … Continued

Just Sold in Broadview!

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Pricing in our current market is super challenging. Because the market has been slowing down, we try to use comparable homes that are either currently Pending (under contract), or homes that have sold in the last 30 days. This is easier said than done. A lot of times there just isn’t a good comparable home … Continued

Just Bought in Issaquah!

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We’ve said this before, but it is worth repeating. This is the best market we’ve had since 2019 for people who want to buy and sell at the same time. For the past two years it was really tough for people who owned their home and wanted to sell and buy. Of course, we knew … Continued