The Seattle market has continued to thrive and drive up home prices in and around the Puget Sound making it harder for some buyers to purchase a home. A new startup wants to help you buy a house in Seattle, but there is a small catch.
Read MoreIn recent years, the Seattle area has attracted new residents in droves. The booming job market, nearby outdoor amenities, and relatively affordable cost of living has many considering our region the most desirable for relocation. Can you blame them? With Amazon and Microsoft regularly making huge business moves (not to mention Starbucks, Facebook, Google, T-Mobile, Expedia, REI, Apple, etc) the job market is consistently flourishing.
Read MoreA new report on realtor.com was just released with a lot of hard data on what home styles, sizes, locations, floor plan options, and more affects your home’s appreciation. To gather this information, Realtor looked at millions of listings from 2011 to 2016 and compared features against each other.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Seattle is a haven for the millennial-aged crowd. However, with the recent construction and real estate boom in the Puget Sound area, is the growth leaving this young crowd in the dust? A recent Seattle Times article would report a resounding “yes.”
Read MoreA recent article published by Forbes outlines millennial moving habits, asking “why do millennials move?” As Maureen Henderson writes, while “the stereotype may have them shacking up Chez Mom and Dad . . . 59% of 18- to 35-year-olds currently live in a locale other than their hometown and almost 80% have moved at some point in their lives, not counting moves made to attend college.”
Read MoreAccording to an infographic recently released by Inman, the real estate industry needs to stand up and pay attention to millennials, because they "will greatly impact and shape the residential real estate market, as well as housing design and development."
Read MoreAre you looking to get your credit in order in order to prepare for a future mortgage? Here are a few “do’s” and “dont’s,” courtesy of Ken Chaplin from REwired.
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