When you buy a home, one of the provisions of your purchase contract is something called the earnest money deposit. Earnest money is a deposit that a buyer makes at the beginning of a home purchase that shows that they are serious about the transaction. So, the big question when writing an offer on a [...]
Archive | July, 2010
Planning to Buy Your First Home? Take a Home Buying Class
Today’s post is a guest post from TeachStreet, a Seattle startup company like ourselves that is dedicated to providing online and local classes. Thanks for the informative post TeachStreet! In light of the first time home buyer’s credit which was offered earlier this year, many young families and singles entered the housing market as first [...]
findwell Broker Comments on Housing Market on NPR
I was featured today in a story on NPR discussing the current state of the housing market. The report talks about the slow down in home sales across the nation after the expiration of the home buyer tax credit.
findwell Named a “Next Generation Brokerage” by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate
We attended the Inman News Real Estate Connect Conference last week, which is a conference dedicated to improving the real estate business through technology, social media, blogging and other innovative marketing techniques. The conference is always a good way to meet folks in the real estate industry and to get a pulse on where things [...]
Selecting a Listing Agent Based on Highest Recommended Price is a Mistake
You are planning to sell your home and interviewing a few potential real estate agents to help you with the process. Each agent describes their services and offers up a pricing recommendation based on their knowledge of the local market. Often agents with the highest recommended prices ooze with confidence and say “I can get [...]
TechFlash Guest Post: How Google’s Acquisition of ITA Indicates Their Real Estate Plans
We have a guest post today on the Seattle technology news site TechFlash. This is a follow up to an article I wrote back in January, based on Google’s recent acquisition of ITA Software, an airfare pricing and booking company. I think there are many similarities between the two industries when it comes to the [...]
Northwest MLS Seattle Real Estate Statistics for June 2010
The Northwest MLS has released their Western Washington real estate statistics for June 2010. As we saw in May, home sales activity remained slow after the expiration of the home buyer tax credit on April 30, though it improved slightly over May. Median and average sale prices ticked up slightly for single-family homes, while remaining [...]
Tips for the Accidental First-Time Landlord
Your house has not sold, and now you find yourself in a situation where you have to find a renter. In a tough real estate market, many sellers are facing this same scenario. Some sellers are underwater and owe more than they can sell their home for, or sometimes the housing inventory is just too [...]
findwell is a Proud Sponsor of This Year’s Fireworks in Seattle
Seattle’s 4th of July fireworks show on Lake Union is coming up tomorrow. Back in April, the show was actually cancelled after the organizers could not find a corporate sponsor to replace Chase Bank, who discontinued their sponsorship of the event. At the last minute, a group of local businesses, including findwell, banded together to save [...]
