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When is the “best time” to sell your home?

I’ve been watching market trends for 25 years now as an active realtor in Ballard / Greenwood and beyond.  There is always a flurry of activity between Martin Luther King day in January and Mother’s Day in May.  That’s when the number of buyers always seems to outweigh the amount of available inventory.  The past two […]

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When to list your home?

Is there really a “best time” to put your home on the market?  The old saying about selling in May does not ring true in our current market.  Today home buyers are looking throughout the year, with January pulling in as many brokers and buyers as a home listed in the Spring or Summer.  During our winter months […]

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Open House Ideas

Getting your home ready to sell and preparing for the first open house can be a little overwhelming.  I have found that having a theme for a home really helps to pull together “the look” that you are presenting to potential buyers, and often the theme ties in nicely to the architecture of the home.  I […]

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What Buyers Want

After years of hosting open houses, I’ve seen what buyers want more than once.  Be it their first place or not, nearly all buyers are looking for open and light layouts, and rooms that allow you to converse and entertain, without feeling closed off or visually distanced from other activities.  That can be the simple […]

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Springtime Selling

Springtime is a great time to be selling your home in Seattle.  The inventory generally hasn’t caught up with the number of buyers out looking, as is the case this year, and things just seem positive as sunny days start to reappear.  The best advice I can give sellers looking to sell in the Springtime […]

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