The one that got away – Selling to uncommitted buyers

By on October 3, 2008 in Selling a Home

Today’s slower real estate market has shifted the market in favor of buyers. Homes are on the market longer, inventory of unsold homes is higher, and price concessions from the seller are more common. In our brokerage this has increased the number of “uncommitted buyers” that we have been working with, both on the listing [...]

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If you love real estate information, set it free!

By on September 30, 2008 in Real Estate Industry

Recently I attended a meeting to talk about the strategic direction of our local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Participants at the meeting were Seattle-area designated brokers. A designated broker is the person ultimately responsible for the transactions and oversight of all agents in a real estate office. Oftentimes that person is also an owner of [...]

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Should I sign a buyer’s agent agreement?

By on September 29, 2008 in Buying a Home

When you are buying real estate, there are times when your agent will ask you to sign a “buyer’s agent agreement”. What is that agreement and should you sign it? The relationship that sellers have with their real estate agent is clearly defined when they place their home for sale. It defines the relationship with [...]

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fiona

By on September 25, 2008 in findwell

Say hello to Fiona – the new findwell mascot. She is available to tour you through any house at any time as part of findwell’s Open House Anytime program. Just tell us what homes you want to see and we’ll make the necessary arrangements to get you in to view properties. Most of the time, [...]

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walk the walk

By on September 22, 2008 in Seattle Real Estate

Walkability is something important to our customers, and Walk Score makes it easy to find out how walkable your neighborhood is. It’s kind of fun to see how your work or home neighborhood rates. For instance, my neighborhood only scores 23 out of 100 on their scale, but I did find out there was a [...]

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The house I want is now pending. Can I still buy it?

By on September 19, 2008 in Buying a Home

Have you ever had your eye on a home that you really liked and possibly wanted to buy, but suddenly it disappears from the listings? You call your real estate agent to find out that the home is under contract with a pending sale to someone else. The home is not sold yet, so is [...]

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Online or newspaper? – advertising your home for sale

By on September 9, 2008 in Selling a Home

Sellers ask us all of the time about the best methods of advertising their homes for sale. In the past, the answer was fairly simple. You used to be able to put a sign out front, list it in the local MLS, and place classified ads in your Sunday newspaper. Today’s home buyers spend the [...]

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findwell officially launches!

By on September 8, 2008 in Press Releases

After months of planning and hard work, we have officially launched findwell in the Seattle real estate market! Here is our launch press release.   findwell Stirs Up Seattle Housing Market Start-Up Lowers the Cost of Full-Service Real Estate SEATTLE – September 8, 2008: findwell, Seattle’s newest full-service real estate brokerage, launched several new services [...]

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Buying a townhome – What exactly is Zero Lot Line?

By on September 8, 2008 in Townhomes

If you are shopping for a townhome in the Seattle area, you will come across two potential forms of home ownership. One is called Zero Lot Line and the other is a Condominium. The townhome you are looking at could be either one, though Zero Lot Line is more prevalent at the moment in the [...]

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help fight multiple sclerosis

By on August 31, 2008 in Charity

findwell believes in supporting and giving back to our community. One of our employees and one of my family members suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A number of findwell employees are participating in this year’s Bike MS Ride to raise funds and awareness to help fight MS and find a cure for this debilitating disease. [...]

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