A home purchase can be a difficult process, and often negotiations on price or property inspection are difficult. However, the most difficult aspect of a home purchase inevitably seems to be securing your home loan. Lending guidelines have tightened considerably in the housing downturn, resulting in more documentation requirements, longer underwriting timelines and lengthier closing [...]
Archive | January, 2010
Selling your home as a short sale? – You cannot receive incentives from your agent
Many homeowners owe more than their home is worth and are in financial distress and need to sell their home. One method to get out of the mess is to sell your home as a short sale, where the mortgage holders agree to release the property for less than they are owed. This gets the [...]
TechFlash Guest Post: A game plan for Google in online real estate
We have a guest post on the Seattle technology news site TechFlash. In the article, I take a look at the potential for Google to enter the real estate search industry, what it will take for them to succeed and some of the consequences it will have for other players in the real estate industry. [...]
Northwest MLS releases Seattle real estate statistics for December 2009
The Northwest MLS has released their Western Washington real estate statistics for December 2009. Sales activity did slow compared to November, but that is an expected trend due to the holidays and the initial expiration of the first-time buyer credit. In terms of market health, there are clearly a lot more closings and pending sales [...]
findwell featured in this month’s issue of Seattle Magazine
The January 2010 issue of Seattle Magazine features a great story about findwell and what we are trying to do to change the real estate market. Pick up your issue at the newsstands or check it out online here. Change Agents: Web-based Real Estate When some real estate start-ups entered the business, they set out [...]
