Do Dining Rooms matter? A common question when you're touring potential new homes to buy. So when asked about the need to have a proper dining room, I believe that if you can find a place to set up dinner for four, you've got all you need. Many older traditional homes feature a dining room off the kitchen, and in the day when our lives were more structured that made perfect sense. All of us...
Buyer Tips
It's that time of year when everything on the market is selling. Once again we are in the Spring frenzy, with lots of buyers looking for the "right place" to call home, and a shortage of inventory that makes home sellers happy. March saw very little inventory on the market, so many homes brought in multiple offers as buyers went after their favorite properties. I found this especially true in the...
Open & light interiors, spacious rooms, banks of windows and crisp colors all bring to mind mid-century homes. These homes, especially those built in the early 1960's, have a unique vibe that is very special for buyers. Built a bit bigger, they often have a two-car garage, extra storage, a couple of baths and big yards. A mid-century modern home may be just the answer for you as you think...
That's what a new client asked me yesterday. "How come there are so few houses for sale?" In a nutshell, the number of buyers coming into Seattle looking for a home, coupled with the number of local buyers who want to make a move is far outweighing the amount of attractive, well priced housing inventory. If a great house in a sought-after area comes on the market and 8 buyers make offers on it,...
If you've been trying to buy recently, you know how brutally tough it is out there. Not very many great homes on the market, but plenty of people looking at every one of them. Our recent open houses have brought over 100 people through the door, and many of them seem to be very serious about buying a home. So could you use a few tips for competing in this hot market? My advice would be to work...