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Market conditions are such that you are very likely to face competition when bidding for a house in the Seattle area. Depending on the house, you could face 10-20 other fiercely competitive offers. Only one person is going to get the house, and winning in that scenario is going to require extraordinary bid terms to [...]

Many buyers want to know how to figure out the Fair Market Value (FMV) of a home. Is it the value assigned by the tax assessor? Nope. Is it determined by an appraiser? No again. Maybe you can look it up in on website like Zillow? That’s not it either. The Fair Market Value of [...]

If you don’t qualify to have two mortgages, you are going to be faced with the problem of having to sell your current home before you can purchase your next home. The solution seems simple, which is to make an offer to purchase a home where the closing is contingent on the sale of your [...]

So you’ve been shopping for homes and just can’t seem to find the right one. You want the charm of an older home, but want it to be filled with modern updates and finishes. Every time a nicely-remodeled home comes up, it is just out of your price range or there is just too much [...]

When you are buying a home, one question that comes up for many buyers is what happens to utility bills at closing. Buyers don’t want to be stuck with unpaid utility bills from the seller, and sellers want to make sure that they don’t pay more on utilities than they have to if the buyer [...]