When you are selling your house, you want to make the home attractive to potential buyers and present it in such a way that they can picture the home as their own. Many sellers will professionally stage a home, as evidenced by the following “staging” we have recently come across. Staging Example 1 – Gift [...]
Archive | November, 2009
findwell raises round of funding and secures strategic investment
Seattle real estate startup findwell is proud to announce that it has secured its next round of financing led by Shannon Ressler. Existing findwell investor Kevin Lisota also participated in the round. Today’s funding announcement is a series-SK round of funding of an additional $41.73. According to CEO Kevin Lisota, findwell plans to use the [...]
Take advantage of the new home buyer tax credit
Last week, Congress and the President approved new legislation that extends the first-time home buyer tax credit and expands eligibility to existing homeowners. The legislation is known as the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009. The IRS has more details on the tax credit here. If you plan on buying a new home [...]
Northwest MLS releases Seattle real estate statistics for October 2009
The Northwest MLS has released their Western Washington real estate statistics for October 2009. Despite seasonal trends that should have the market slowing down in the fall, the upcoming expiration of the first-time buyer tax credit is attributed for a stronger than normal sales pace. For Western Washington, pending sales versus October of last year [...]
