Real estate markets ebb and flow, just like the seasons. The spring market blooms right along with the flowers, but the fall market often dwindles with the leaves – and this slower pace could be good for buyers. If you’re in the market for a home, here are five reasons […]
Buy a Home-Tips for 1st-time & experienced buyers
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After a half-decade of building rental apartments, developers are switching gears to construct for-sale condo projects, which should open up more homeownership options that are less expensive than single-family homes but still not cheap. Seattle’s housing builders are starting to party like it’s 2005: That’s right, condos are back.Developers who spent […]
It’s the lament of first-time homebuyers in just about every housing market: There aren’t enough entry-level homes available that are move-in ready.One solution is to broaden the search to fixer-uppers. With a renovation mortgage, you can get one home loan that combines the purchase price with the cost of improvements.Not […]
Every year, first-time home buyers venture into the market and make the same mistakes that their parents, siblings and friends made when they bought their first houses.But today’s novice buyers can stop the cycle. Here are 12 mistakes that first-time home buyers make — and what to do instead.12 Mistakes […]
By Julea Joseph, guest contributor The keys are in your buyer’s hands! They’ve gone through the process … the search, deciding, inspection, stress, closing, and finally, the elation of buying a new home. Now, they have to make it their own. Here’s how. Color – Paint is the least expensive, easiest way to […]
King County plans to donate a parcel of county-owned land next to the future Northgate light rail-station to a nonprofit developer as part of a revamped effort to build affordable housing on the site.The county will also try to issue a request for proposals from developers by the end of […]