The Real Estate Blog by Cari McGee

I’m glad I waited to do a bunch of stat recaps until now. In the midst of every month, as the Tri-Cities real estate market began to turn, the evidence was there, but it was more difficult to see. Now, from the vantage point of three months in the books (March, April and May since June is not wrapped up yet for my perusal), we can trace the acceleration that the market saw beginning with spring.

For example, March saw 203 Tri-Cities homes sell, with 1076 houses on the market. Have a look: Continue Reading »

Ignore the spelling errors (they’re supposed to read the story over the air, so it doesn’t matter that payed is paid in real life!).  It’s difficult to find housing, as this KNDU story reports, and as the stat post which will follow soon confirms.

We used to be the town sporting the lay-offs, now we’re echoing the Statue of Liberty -with the whole “Give me your tired, your poor…” stuff.

According to Business Week by way of King5.com, Tri-Cities is one of the best places to start over if the economy has punched you in your bank account.

So, to recap - good weather, good schools, and a job!  What more could you ask for?

Good heavens, it’s been forever since I’ve written.  And you won’t be getting a lot out of me in the coming days, either.  I have been besieged by buyers and (to a lesser extent) sellers wanting to avail themselves of my services.  Who am I to pawn them off with a, “Gee, sorry, I really need to blog.” ?

Although I have to admit, I really miss reviewing general real estate news, recapping local trends and mostly, pouring over the stats for our area.  It’s been a couple of months since I’ve done a recap of stats for the month, and I have a general idea of how the market is going (up!), but I don’t have the specifics.  That’s driving me crazy!  I have the info in front of me, it’s just going to talk some time to filter through the numbers that don’t matter, and condense the info into something everyone can understand.

So, just hang in there, please keep checking back regularly, and I promise, I’ll be able to get a statistic snapshot together soon.

First off, you should know the following - I am NOT a slacker!  It’s been weeks since I’ve done a legitimate Links Back post, and I promised a forthcoming stat recap then, too.

By way of explanation, I can only rely on that old stand by - I’m busy!  But I truly am.  If you’ve been following me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/carimcgee), or Facebook, you might have been privy to my celebrations each time I put something under contract recently.  Woo-hoo!

And this post will not be a long, juicy missive full of all kinds of good info, which is what I’d like it to be.

However, I am going to link back to two Consumerist posts from last week that any home buyer should pay attention to (btw, have you subscribed to the Consumerist yet, as I’ve urged every reader to do repeatedly?).

Both concern credit and how lenders (and others) use it to figure out what makes you tick and to whom they should give a home loan.

Back to the salt mines…