Plumbing and Fixtures: All your sink fixtures should look shiny and new. If this cannot be accomplished by cleaning, buy new ones where needed. If you don’t buy something fancy, [...]
Fixing Up Outside the House: Most real estate advice tells you to work on the outside of the house first, but unless there is a major project involved, we believe [...]
Meeting With REALTORS® So you’ve decided to sell your home and have a fairly good idea of what you think it is worth. Being a sensible home seller, you schedule [...]
There are several ways to gauge how much you can afford to spend on a house. But, before you go house-hunting, get pre-qualified for a mortgage so you’ll know in [...]
Aside from the down payment, the three largest expenditures involved with the purchase of a home are usually your monthly mortgage payment, insurance and taxes. Obviously, the amount of your [...]
In our last quarterly report I pointed to some signs that our market may have peaked in early Spring but that the 3rd quarter would be most telling. Well, the [...]
Open Listings The “open listing” is mostly used by people trying to sell their home by owner who are also willing to work with real estate agents. Basically, it gives [...]
On KONP's Morning Scramble, Michael McAleer shared a little about his family. As well as his dad's commitment to them and to the community. Todd and Amanda both shared their [...]
This private estate is on nearly 20 acres, 2 parcels included, in the heart of the Dungeness Valley in Sequim. Reached by a winding gated driveway that runs past a [...]
Price and Terms of Sale When setting the terms of sale, the main thing you are concerned with is the price. You should have a basic idea of what your [...]
The commotion of house hunting is finally over. You found just the right house, and your offer has been accepted. It was a great buy. Now, just one more hurdle-getting [...]
Are Commissions Negotiable? In some areas of the country there is a certain percentage that real estate agents expect to earn as a commission.This commission amount is a certain percent [...]
10. You’re ready to stop paying your landlord’s mortgage payment, and start building wealth of your own. 9. You could use the property tax and mortgage interest deductions. 8. You [...]
Credit problems can make it harder to qualify, but it’s quite possible for buyers with poor credit to obtain a home loan. Anyone who has had a financial problem-whether it [...]
Advertising in General: Every home seller likes to be assured that their listing agent or the real estate company will run ads featuring their home. Newspaper ads could be large [...]
STEP 1 – DEFINE NEEDS FOR YOUR NEW HOME Congratulations on your decision to purchase a new home! Your first step toward buying your new home will be to analyze [...]
Here is our latest quarterly report. As Bob Dylan once sang, “The Times They Are A-Changing”. Various factors go into the condition of any market: interest rates, inflation, unemployment, supply, [...]
A good home-buying decision is one that fits your lifestyle and your budget-a house you’ll be able to resell when the time is right. Sound simple? Not always. Five common [...]