The other day I was on the phone with an agent from my office. He asked me a question which I had heard before. The agent he was working with asked why he works for a 1% real estate agency, eluding to working harder for less money. My coworker wondered if I’d been asked this […]
Each quarter I write about how the market as a whole is trending throughout the Greater Seattle Area. The fall update continues from my Summer 2018 Real Estate Trends post so feel free to give that one a read if you’d like to track how this market has been progressing over the year. The NWMLS […]
Yesterday I attended WFG Refresh which is an annual real estate and marketing seminar put on by the WFG National Title Insurance Company. I love attending seminars like this because it really helps me stay in touch with where the market is heading and what real estate technology to pay attention to. One of the speakers […]
2020 Update: Gary’s former home did eventually sell. It was on the market for a total of 400 days when it closed on 10/25/2019. The home sold for $4,000,000 which was 40% less than the initial list price of $6,688,000 when I wrote this post in 2018. Former Seattle Super Sonic Gary Payton’s one-time Bellevue […]
In the beginning of July I posted about King County Real Estate Trends which at the time was showing an increase in inventory, increase in months of inventory (active listings divided by number of homes sold per month on a 12 month average), and slowing of the average price growth. When I wrote that first post […]
I love eating out and trying new places. This post is the first restaurant review I’ve written but it won’t be the last so stay tuned for more! Recently for my birthday my husband and I were fortunate enough to try Bellevue’s hottest new restaurant: Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi. We’ve had the opportunity to […]
Happy Fourth of July from my family to yours! Below I’ve listed some family friendly events happening around the Eastside and Seattle this holiday. If you’re into fireworks the big show on Lake Union has 10,000 pounds of explosives ready to go this year so that is my pick! I hope everyone is able to […]
Summer of 2018 is upon us and the King County real estate market is showing a big increase in inventory. In fact, we haven’t seen this many single family homes hitting the market in one month since May 2008! The NWMLS reports that in May 2018 its member-brokers added 14,524 new listings throughout the region. […]