White vs. Color? Interior painting to sell your home.

  What should you do to help sell you home quicker and for top dollar?   “Let’s just keep it white that way the buyer can paint it the color they want.” Have you heard this? Maybe you have said this. Believe it or not this is still a misconception in the real estate market. [...]

Should I sell my home now?

 Is it a good time to sell? This posting is not specific to Bellevue, Kirkland, Issaquah, Redmond, Bothell etc. It applies to the real estate market in most of Western Washington. Ok, the question is, Should I sell my home now.  Here is my opinion. With the way the interest rates are now I expect [...]

Secrets successful sellers know.

Selling a home can be tough. No matter what your reasons are for moving, you may have feelings of deep attachment for your home.  While these are perfectly normal, it may skew your opinion of what potential buyers may see when they walk in. Your goal is to remove evidence of yourself from the home [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]