Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes - thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Buyers, Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Aug 10th, 2007
but then I realized…there is no good day to talk about foreclosure!
This post is just as true here in the Northwest as it is in St. Louis. Homeowners having difficulty paying tend to see The Bank hovering over them as this nebulous, swirling mass of grabbing hands. It isn’t really.
I always tell buyer when they’re looking at foreclosures, that the good [...]
Posted in Real Estate Industry on Aug 9th, 2007
Lots of loan companies are going the way of the dodo bird. I recently spoke with a lender who has been in the business for 30 years and the last few weeks have been his hardest ever. I know a lender who has had to scramble to find an new loan program for his clients [...]
Posted in Buyers, Sellers, Tri-Cities Market on Aug 7th, 2007
In July, we reached an average home sale price of…ta da, fanfare please…$200,000! The median home price is at $174.8, which is also the highest that number has ever been.
And look what’s happening over in King County.
I don’t know…my mom (by way of Aesop) always told me that slow and steady wins the race.
Posted in Buyers, Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Aug 4th, 2007
I usually think of myself as being a creative person, somewhat free-spirited, not overly-organized or meticulous (which, on this blog, is code for anal-retentive).
But I do like the statistics. I surprise myself at how much time I can spend studying bar graphs and pie-charts. So, if you’re at all like me, have fun with this.
Posted in Tri-Cities Market, Tri-Cities, WA on Aug 1st, 2007
Then ask yourself these questions.
They seem pretty obvious to me, but in the early years of our marriage, my husband and I moved three times in four years, so I was used to it. They definitely provide food for thought.
We moved back before awesome Internet tools did the cost-of-living differences for you. In terms of [...]