Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes - thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Buyers, Tri-Cities Market on Feb 25th, 2007
Foreclosures are on the rise in the Tri-Cities area, and state-wide, for that matter. According to today’s Tri-City Herald (2/25/07), there were 25% more foreclosures in ‘06 than in ‘05 across the state. In the Tri-Cities area, there was an almost 19% increase in ‘06 (738 trustee sale notices vs. 601) over ‘05. However, the title [...]
Posted in Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Feb 23rd, 2007
My husband, Matt McGee, knows SEO, but he doesn’t know real estate, the cutie.
We’re not a fixer-upper family. We’re the kind of people that other people flip houses for. We’re the kind of people who order those Time-Life books about Home Improvement and Renovation, but we never open them. We watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [...]
Posted in Buyers, Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Feb 19th, 2007
I’m talking about title insurance. Did you know that title insurance insures BACKWARD? Everything else you buy insurance for, is to protect/provide against future events, things that may or may not occur. Title insurance insures against things that have already happened. It protects against known events. I want a gig like that!
Of course it’s not a perfect system. [...]
Posted in Buyers, Sellers, Tri-Cities, WA on Feb 18th, 2007
First, let me say I’m not one. I grew up in southern California, lived in Bishop, CA, and Twin Falls, ID before landing here. For the last several years, I wondered what it would be like to live your whole life in one spot. Or, even go away to college but come back and build a [...]
Posted in Buyers, Sellers, Tri-Cities Market on Feb 17th, 2007
There’s a real estate saying…”Your first offer is usually your best offer.” Like “…location, location, location…”, everyone seems to know that one. I’ve had sellers ask me, “Is it true? Is the first offer the best offer?” Answer… “no, but sometimes it feels like it!”
I listed a property on February 2nd, and we had an offer on [...]