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Thu, May 01, 2008
Though it's much too early to draw any conclusions
about 2008, in the 1st quarter there was a
general retreat towards 2006 prices around the Puget Sound.
Three exceptions:
-Seattle condos which continued to appreciate by 2%
-West Seattle ...
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Mon, Mar 17, 2008
Conventional and FHA loan limits have been raised to $567,500 in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.
Before this, if your Conventional loan amount exceeded $417,000 you were into a Jumbo Loan with higher rates...often over a full percentage point m...
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Tue, Mar 04, 2008
So how much has Seattle real estate appreciated over the last five years?
How good an investment was it really???
Annual median prices by neighborhood in the five years from 2003-2007:
Total City of Seattle--- 49% from $315,000 to $469,000
W...
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Sun, Feb 17, 2008
Finally completed the annual market report that I've been putting out since the 90's. Some of the news was counter-intuitive. For example, not only did prices rise in 2007, they rose in the second half as well.
Here it is...
The Fillius Report
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Thu, Oct 18, 2007
Selling your house and getting it closed!
The state legislature hath decreed that the buyer can not waive the right to receive certain disclosures.
This means that even if the buyer waives the right to terminate the contract in writing, if there a...
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