What a year! With most of 2020 behind us now we are entering that time of the year where we start reflecting. I feel very grateful to have been an essential business during these challenging times; and I feel equally grateful that this year I’ve helped more clients safely buy or sell a home than […]
We’re well into July and it finally feels like we are getting some of the warmer weather we’ve deserved for so many months. Especially with being mostly at home during these trying times getting some outdoor air and new scenery can really help us feel refreshed. I know that for me personally being able to […]
My posts these past few months have been focused on the market and the impact to the market from the COVID-19 pandemic. I don’t expect that to change for awhile since we are in unprecedented times right now. Plus now that the original stay-at-home order was issued over two months ago, we have data to […]
Spring is usually one of the busiest times of the year for the real estate industry. It makes sense, if you want to be moving in the early summer time when school is out then there is no better time to be house shopping than the present. Last month I wrote about how the impacts […]
How is Coronavirus impacting the Puget Sound real estate market and what Jay Inslee’s emergency order means for real estate brokers and transactions.
What a year so far. I saw a lot of jokes on social media about being on the 90th day of January and wondering when it would be over, and it sure felt that way to me with one of the wettest months on record! Through February 6th we had the third wettest start for […]
2019 has come to a close and the big headline from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) is that agents facilitated 92,503 closings which represented more than $49 billion in sales. Compared to 2018 this was an increase in sales of $1.8 billion or 3.8%. The NWMLS serves 23 counties in Washington with King, Pierce, […]
In my real estate trend posts over the past year I’ve been keeping a close eye on inventory rates and months of supply. Months of supply means how long it would take for the current inventory of homes listed on the NWMLS to sell based on the current pace of home sales. A “normal” or […]
With school back in session, the holidays fast approaching and temps cooling, the inventory tends to decrease around this time of the year but I’ll share why it is still a great time to consider buying and selling. Sellers Selling in the fall can be advantageous for a number of reasons. Less inventory means less […]
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