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While driving through Downtown Bellevue last week, I stopped at the corner of NE 8th and Bellevue Way, as I sat in my car I couldn't help but notice how many people I saw walking...walking in every direction, in stores, out of restaurants, carrying bags, briefcases and umbrella's. I remembered not s
Continue ReadingLeave a CommentWell it looks like the Light Rail is on it's way to Bellevue, the Bel-Red corridor and Overlake. The unanimous vote, three years after voters agreed to pay for it, means Sound Transit can proceed with final engineering work on the planned 14-mile line. Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/tr
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Instanet Solutions announced today that Authentisign™, an integrated digital signature platform, has been selected by Northwest Multiple Listing Service as its ESIGN product-of-choice. Northwest MLS is one of the nation's largest MLSs, servicing more than 22,000 real estate brokers in Washington
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Engineers are evaluating damage to the new N.E. 12th Street bridge over Interstate 405 after a section of the old overpass, being demolished this weekend, unexpectedly shifted and fell into the new bridge, the Department of Transportation says. Crews are replacing the bridge with a new one that i
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Bellevue/ Eastside (Kirkland, Issaquah, Redmond, Sammamish, Bothell) Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: No economic data, all attention on todays 10 Year note auction at 10:00 AM PT. Looking back at yesterday with a mediocre result from the auction results and a warning of INFLATION spooked the market
Continue ReadingLeave a CommentBellevue/Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Gadaffi's Power and Rumors of Leaving stirring the pot as OIL continues its spike in prices. As the price per barrel continues to rise the concern here in the U.S. is Core Inflation. Core Inflation is rising sharply in all goods that we buy ever
Continue ReadingLeave a CommentSeattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Unemployment Rate Drops! Economic Recovery continues, BUT rates IMPROVE. That is against reason. Lets break it down. The Unemployment Rate drops from the previous months reading of 9.0% to 8.9% which is great news for the economic recovery. T
Continue ReadingLeave a CommentBellevue/Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Rates will remain low for an "extended period" from Big Ben Bernanke today closing the second day in front of the Senate Finance Committee. Big Ben also stood firm that Quantitative Easing 2 will not be scaled back and will be fully injected into
Continue ReadingLeave a CommentSeattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: No Auctions! We have a week off from the crazy volatility. The Crisis in the Middle East continues to dominate news in the financial world as everything is being impacted by the questions surrounding OIL and how it will impact the U.S. recovery.
Continue ReadingLeave a CommentSeattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: GREAT JOB BOEING!!! Thousands of jobs will be maintained and created here in Washington! We are on our 12th consecutive day of rates showing signs of improvement, BUT (sorry) this could be short lived. Why? The concern right now lies in the C
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