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Lakewood Rambler On Half Acre
Daylight Rambler on nearly 1/2 acre located at 10309 Hipkins Rd SW, Lakewood WA 98498, MLS 276277! Hard to find a home that is this large at this … [View This Property...]
Bonney Lake Home Like New.
Clean and well kept one owner home Located at 10912 181st Ave Pl E, Bonney Lake WA 98391, MLS 134100. No pets or kids have lived here, like new! Mt … [View This Property...]
Buckley Rambler On Large Lot
NOT A SHORT SALE!! Nice rambler in a convenient neighborhood located at 10122 227th Ave Ct E, Buckley WA 98321, MLS# 127333 just minutes from schools … [View This Property...]
Beautiful Large Lakewood Rambler
No disappointments here! This beautiful well kept 4568sf daylight rambler has many custom features and is located across from the Lakewood Gardens at … [View This Property...]
Real Estate News & HOT Listings
Your Home Value Will Rebound
Determine if your Home Value will ReboundBy: Sonia Smith Nowadays, values of homes have dropped and it is no big deal to sell a home but is great to but them. Most people are hoping that values of homes will rebound. Nevertheless, no one can tell since trends differ from place to place. Some areas may show signs of recovery while in other areas continue to see a drop of home values. So, how do … [Read More...]
Free For Sale By Owner Marketing Website
Free For Sale By Owners Marketing Website Yes! You Can Save Thousands In Agent’s Fees – And We Will Help You Are you thinking of selling your property? Or maybe you already have it up for sale and it's just taking too long to sell? Well not any more! • Sell your home in 12 weeks or get paid $155.00 a week until we do! Click here... Traditionally sellers use the services of … [Read More...]
Buying-Cheaper Than Renting
Are you thinking about renting? Are you thinking about renting? Now it is cheaper to buy a two-bedroom home than to rent one in most major U.S. cities. According to real estate web site Trulia, buying was cheaper than renting in 74% of the country's 50 largest cities in July. In just 12% of the cities, including New York, Seattle and San Francisco, renting was cheaper. In the remaining 14% … [Read More...]
Foreclosures-Banks Now Prefer S.S. To Foreclosures
Banks Now Prefer Short Sales To Foreclosures Banks dealing with lengthy, complicated and frequently messy foreclosures are starting to see "short sales" as a quicker and cheaper way of getting bad loans off their books. The nation's biggest mortgage servicers- Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo - are beginning to step up their efforts to ease the short sale process … [Read More...]
Home Inspection Process
Home Inspection Process When is a home inspection needed? Anytime and every time you buy a home. As a house purchaser / seller or property investor, you have got the right to know precisely what a common real estate inspection is. A home inspection is an independent visible investigation into the physical structure, including all sections from the roof down to the foundations. Having a home … [Read More...]
What to Expect At a Foreclosure Auction
What to Expect At a Foreclosure Auction Whether or not you are a stockholder that would like to get into purchasing repo'ed homes for your private use or to flip the property or if you're having your house foreclosed on, you should really know what can be expected at a foreclosure auction. Naturally, the particular steps that'll be taken can change a bit from one state to another and from house … [Read More...]
Declines in West Coast Foreclosure Starts
Declines in West Coast Foreclosure Starts The November 2010 Foreclosure Report by ForeclosureRadar shows that though there has been no major drop in delinquencies in the West Coast states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, foreclosure starts have fallen to 2008 levels, continuing their two month decline. The company’s report deduces that the drop in foreclosures is due to … [Read More...]
Home Prices Up
Home Prices Up - for now According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, national home prices jumped 3.6% in the past year. Prices also climbed 4.4% in the second quarter compared with a 2.8% plunge in the first quarter. "While the numbers are upbeat, other more recent data on home sales and mortgages point to fewer gains ahead," said David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at … [Read More...]
Homeowners Pessimistic About Future Home Value
Homeowners Pessimistic About Future Home Value According to the Zillow Second Quarter Homeowner Confidence Survey, U.S. homeowners were less confident about the value of their homes in the second quarter, with one-third believing home prices had not yet reached a bottom. Homeowners were more pessimistic about the short-term future of home values in their local market than they had been in the … [Read More...]
Mortgage Overhaul and What it Means for You
Mortgage Overhaul & What it Means for You By the time you are reading this, the new 2300 page financial reform bill is likely to be making the headlines. The Senate has already approved the new bill and President Obama is expected to sign it into law this week ..despite the fact that many of the provision related to specific regulations have yet to even be written. If that sounds faintly … [Read More...]
International Investors Want US Homes
International Investors Want US Homes According to the National Association of Realtors 2010 Profile of International Home Buying Activity, international home buyers are increasingly attracted to property in the US Several factors, including the strength of the dollar, the value and desirability of US real estate, and the emerging economic recovery, continue to drive international interest in … [Read More...]
Housing Market Improving
Housing Market Improving The housing market has improved in the last two years to the extent that John Burns Real Estate Consulting sees the market as possibly approaching the beginning of its next up cycle. Three factors needed for such a transition include demand, supply and investment, as the firm noted in a March 2008 report. More than two years later, job growth is coming back slowly and … [Read More...]
