Archive | May, 2010

Home Buying 101 Seminar – Tonight

We have spaces available at our 2-hour Home Buying 101 Seminar this evening. Stop by if you have time in your calendar. May 27 6:00 – 8:00 PM 920 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA (South Lake Union) Free street parking We’ll be serving free pizza and beer too!

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Showing Traffic Statistics for Western Washington – May 9, 2010

When a real estate agent shows a home in Western Washington, we all use a nifty little electronic keybox that tracks who and when the keybox was accessed. The Northwest MLS has begun publishing statistics on how many times keyboxes were opened each day, so that we can see trends in showing traffic. There is [...]

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findwell now showing listings from past 5 days

The data feed from the Northwest MLS has come back online after their upgrade. findwell is now showing new home listings and changes in listing status from the past 5 days. Unfortunately, photos of new listings are not yet synchronized. We anticipate those starting to appear on the site later today. Thanks for your patience [...]

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NWMLS data feed outage update – Call your agent for new listings

The data feed that provides real-time listing updates and property photos to all brokerage websites in Western Washington is still undergoing an upgrade by the Northwest MLS. The NWMLS technical staff currently estimates that the data feeds that provide these updates will be active late tonight. If that schedule holds, our developers will be working [...]

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Home Buying Seminars – Sign Up Now for a Summer Class

Sign up now to attend one of these popular seminars. It’s the best 2 hours you can spend preparing yourself to buy a home! May 27 | June 24 | July 29 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM findwell offices: 920 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA (South Lake Union) Topics include: What To Expect: Current market [...]

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New listing workaround during the NWMLS data feed outage

The NWMLS data feed to brokerage websites remains down as of 11:30AM this morning. We are supposed to receive an update from the NWMLS technical staff at noon with more details. This means that all MLS-driven brokerage websites in Western Washington are not receiving new home listings or changes to existing listings. There are new [...]

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Luxury condo project in Queen Anne may be headed for foreclosure

A report from today’s Seattle Times indicated that the 200 West Highland condos may be headed for a foreclosure auction. According to the report, Bank of America may foreclose on the 18 remaining unsold units in the building. “Unless Bank of America changes course, longtime Seattle developer Lorig Associates probably won’t be able to stop [...]

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Seattle listing websites still not updating – Northwest MLS upgrade still in progress

We reported a couple of days ago that the Northwest MLS is undergoing a major upgrade between May 4-6, 2010. The Northwest MLS provides all brokerages in Western Washington with listing information and is the source for all of the data that you see on sites like findwell, Redfin, Windermere, and John L. Scott. New [...]

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findwell real estate agent arrested, your bail money requested!

Michael Schafer, findwell’s newest Real Estate Agent, has just been taken from his desk and arrested by Jerry’s Kids and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. To be released on good behavior he needs to raise $2,000 bail. Your donation would be appreciated to support this great cause … and for getting Schafer out in time for [...]

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A ridiculous promotion by Coldwell Banker to try to extend the tax credit

The government tax credit for first-time and repeat home buyers officially expired yesterday. Coldwell Banker brokerages across the country are now promoting a 3-month national sales promotion called the “Buyer Bonus Event.” Their website claims that the Buyer Bonus Event “will allow participating Coldwell Banker home sellers to ‘essentially’ extend the tax credit for participating [...]

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