Current State of Mortgage Financing – What’s going on?

 
 
Anyone watching or reading the financial news over the last few weeks has seen a lot of alarm, anxiety and confusion over the state of the mortgage industry.  Hopefully the information in this email will help you navigate through it a bit easier. 
 
In the last month or so, American Home Mortgage and its wholesale [...]

0/8, 09-07. Bellevue Restaurant “0/8″ personal review.

 0/8 for our #9
Last week my wife and I celebrated our 9 year anniversary. We decided to dine at 0/8 for our special occasion. We had never heard of 0/8 and it was not recommended to us by anybody. We had found them on the list of restaurants on the Passport Unlimited website (www.PassportUnlimited.com).  They [...]

Annexation of Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kings Gate, are you for it or against it?

At this point I do not have an oppinion on the annexation of Finn Hill, North Juanita and Kings Gate into the city of Kirkland. I am a resident of the PAA and I would like to hear from those of you living in the Kirkland city limits or in the PAA who are for or against the [...]

Annexation of North Juanita into the city of Kirkland

The Kirkland City Council is carefully considering the annexation of the Finn Hill, Upper Juanita and Kingsgate neighborhoods. While the City has been discussing annexation for years, due to a new state sales tax credit, it is revisiting annexation of these three neighborhoods known as our “potential annexation area” or PAA.
Annexation Q & A
Kirkland Community [...]

Selling your house in Seattle, Bellevue & Redmond.

 Selling your house in Seattle, Bellevue & Redmond.

In Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond and other King County cities some sellers are still getting multiple offers.
  Who are getting multiple offers and what are they doing to get them?  Sellers who….

update their homes with popular features.
have had a pre-inspection on their home and repaired any items that could cause a [...]

Pricing, Pricing, Pricing. Why pricing your home correctly is so important.

Pricing you home correctly.

The house inventory is rising due to the tightening of the mortgage strings, creating less qualified buyers. What is the #1 deciding factor on getting your home sold? Pricing! It is important for sellers to understand how vital it is to price your house correctly. Sellers need to think as a buyer [...]

Real Estate Market in Seattle

Seattle, Bellevue and Western King County is still one of the better real estate markets in the country.  (spring 2007)

Plans for Kirkland’s, Juanita Beach Park to get $15 Million facelift.

Kirkland’s, Juanita Beach Park plan for a $15 million upgrade could make the neighborhood of Juanita a great real estate buy. 
  One can still get a single family homes in Juanita for under $400K. Juanita is about 15 mins to Bellevue, Redmond (Microsoft) and Lynnwood and about 25 mins to Seattle making this a still affordable location, [...]