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Downtown Bellevue Walking Tours Planned to Help Improve the Pedestrian ExperiencePosted on December 2, 2011- Light rail to Bellevue clears final hurdlesPosted on November 30, 2011
Northwest Multiple Listing Service Chooses Authentisign™ for Electronic SignaturesPosted on June 29, 2011
Bellevue Bridge Damaged During Construction over I-405Posted on April 3, 2011- Bellevue/Eastside Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch 3/9/2011Posted on March 9, 2011
Washington State Transportation Commission Announces Proposed SR 520 Toll RatesPosted on December 8, 2010- Construction Woes Force Bellevue To Shave $16 Million From General FundPosted on December 7, 2010
Zillow.com Adds WindermerePosted on September 30, 2009- Home foreclosure filings up more than 100 percent in Seattle areaPosted on August 13, 2009
Local Headlines- You can still sell your home in a down market February 7, 2012
- More US states to join foreclosure-abuse deal February 7, 2012
- Mastro creditors due to get 1 percent of what's owed February 7, 2012
- Key states move closer to foreclosure-abuse deal February 6, 2012
- King County home prices drop again; median at $315,000 February 6, 2012
- $16 house? Dallas area man evicted after squatting February 6, 2012
- Low home supply isn't helping prices February 6, 2012
- Rising rebuild costs force homeowners to boost insurance February 4, 2012
- Phoenix housing market starting to recover February 4, 2012
- To your health: Learning more about building materials' content February 4, 2012
- Debt aversion behind remodeling and cocooning by homeowners February 4, 2012
- realannual05_chart February 4, 2012
- Snapshot of 2011 housing market: More activity, lower prices February 4, 2012
- Local mortgage rates February 3, 2012
- Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.87 pct. February 3, 2012
10Dec2010
Using Trendgraphix Data to Create Excel Graphs
Trendgraphix is a real estate market research company that provides valuable and detailed market statistics to brokers and their agents to help clients when buying or selling a home. Having detailed real estate data to parse and quantify is useful when analyzing market trends - and there's no rea
Continue ReadingLeave a Comment04Oct2008
Importance of Photography in a Down Real Estate Market
Selling things is all about finding a way to stand out from the competition. In a down real estate market like we have now, the competition home sellers face are those hundreds of other homes for sale in the same location and price range. The last thing a home seller wants to do is to have to lower their price to stand out from the competition.
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Selling Office Commission – 3% or more?
The slowdown in today's market will purge the fringe of real estate agents and force the resilient to improve marketing, processes, and salesmanship. One marketing tool gaining popularity is the adjusting of the selling office commission (SOC).
Continue ReadingLeave a Comment29Apr2008
Sexy Kitchens?
What exactly does a "sexy kitchen" look like? Perhaps some nice granite curves… phallic inspired faucets… readily accessible pantry, stocked, for the insatiable appetite of a real man?
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