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Thu, Jan 01, 2009

Seattle Area Real estate ... by Donald Fillius

Every now and then, opportunity knocks. This may very well be one of those times. Lately we've seen a solid White Center home needing an electrical system and some cosmetics for under $110,000, a Rainier duplex on over 7000 sq ft of L2 land for und...

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Thu, Jan 01, 2009

Ten new days on which you... by Donald Fillius

To lower costs, King County announced that non-emergency personnel will have ten days of unpaid "furlough" in 2009. This includes the Recorder's Office. So, for what it's worth, transactions will not be able to close on the following d...

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Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Interesting Times Part 1 by Donald Fillius

May you live in interesting times... A curse and a blessing.  I've noticed people re-ordering their priorities.  Perhaps it's not about consumption. Enough of that. It seems to me that to do business today the buyer must perceive that t...

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Thu, May 01, 2008

2008 Market Update --- Fi... by Donald Fillius

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

News that will save many ... by Donald Fillius

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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