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Thu, May 01, 2008

2008 Market Update --- First Qua...

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 buyers ...

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

Appreciation

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

Seattle Area Update

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

Disclosure Part II

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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Thu, Oct 11, 2007

Disclosure, Statewide Forms & Al...

This last summer everything changed in real estate... for now. In Alejandre v. Bull, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that short of proving fraud, a buyer does not have a potential claim for economic loss due to a s...

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Thu, Oct 11, 2007

Let's get a few things straight

First off, who the heck am I to set anything straight... look here, if you're curious about that. There is a smokescreen of misinformation in the media and on people's lips (many of whom really should know better) about the current state of Se...

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Thu, Aug 09, 2007

Coming soon!

The musings of a Seattle area realtor that knows too much! Stay tuned...

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