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FHA 203K Loans Are Easy
An associate blogger from North Oaks, Minnesota posted the following on his blog today and I’d like to share it with you. Paul Lesieur said I am often asked by prospective homebuyers and Realtors what this loan is about. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Buy in Seattle, FHA 203K loans, seattle residential real estate
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Kids Going to College? Get Them a Home
Just received this email from Karen Hlinka at Washington Federal Saving and Loan. They have a loan program for the parents of a student to buy a second home in the parent’s name for the student to live in. Rates … Continue reading
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Tagged Buy in Seattle, college housing, seattle residential real estate
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Housing Market Bad, Rental Market Good
Think about it. Look around at your city or town and see who is building. It’s the apartment companies. They are as foolish as those who thought the housing market would never crash. Every builder/developer/commercial lender on the planet is … Continue reading
Private Transfer Fees Now Against the Law in Washington and 20 other states
Private Transfer Fees are now against the law in Washington. Governor Chris Gregoire recently signed SB 5115: One of Washington REALTORS®’ top priorities, it eliminates fees imposed by developers to generate a future income stream whenever the property is bought … Continue reading
How Much Will Zillow Cost You?
How much will Zillow add to the cost of a home. You may wonder why I ask that. Doesn’t seem to make sense. Well, here’s the scoop from my point of view. It costs so much to run a real … Continue reading
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Tagged Buy in Seattle, seattle residential real estate, Sell in Seattle, zillow
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How’s That Again? The Appraisal Fee is What?
Over the past few years, the housing market has been pretty well shaken up. Blame was assigned here and there and there were many advocates stomping around trying to help the consumer. One such effort was designed to find a … Continue reading
More National Statistics Are In
And the results are, sales are down and prices are down. And the understood position of the paper and reporters seems to be that this is all a bad thing. I don’t know about you, but I remember 2003-2007 when … Continue reading
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Tagged Buy in Seattle, first time buyers, seattle residential real estate
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