Selling houses homes land for sale Tri-Cities, WA
There are some very interesting market trends we’d like to share for the Tri-Cities, as we move from 2016 into 2017. The graph above shows the # of homes sold on the MLS over the past decade. The housing market is booming in the Tri-Cities! Although you may not see many signs for sale and […]
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November is the month of Thanksgiving! We’d like to thank each of our clients for trusting us with their home–the most important sale or purchase they will make. We are especially grateful for friends and clients who have recommended us to their family and friends. Almost 90% of our clients are repeat and referral customers.
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“Move over Seattle, Tri-Cities is hottest NW housing market” was the headline of Sunday’s Tri-City Herald. This area has been named the 18th hottest in the U.S. and the only area in the Pacific Northwest to qualify for the index, which is based on # of days on market and # of listing views on Realtor.com. The article
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We received a call this summer requesting our support for Kamiakin football.  We agreed to sponsor a full page ad in the fall sports brochure, and teamed up with Lara Jackson-Fricke from Innovative Mortgage to create this ad.  Both Zion Properties and Innovative Mortgage are local companies here in the Tri-Cities.  That means no national chain
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The most important factors to consider when selling or buying a home are location and price. Â Buyers often start with an area, then look for homes within their price range. Â Their goal is to find the best possible home they can within the range they can afford. Â Of course there are other factors such as
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Zillow.com is one of the top websites that buyers in the Tri-Cities use for home searches, and we’ve teamed up with Zillow for advertising to  give our listings more online visibility.  As featured agents, all our listings become featured properties–they pop up when a customer uses Zillow to find homes with similar criteria or a nearby
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We were quite surprised to open to the business section of the Sunday Tri-City Herald to an article titled “Avoid Mistakes in Seller’s Market.” The original article was written by Paul Owers in Florida’s Sun Sentinel. Granted, it’s a long shot from here to Florida, where prices have increased and fewer homes are available for sale,
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A client recently asked us what should be done to prep their house for sale. Paint the exterior? Re-carpet? The answer depends on location, condition of the home, how much effort and money you can invest, and price range. We recommend renovating only if it will bring a higher return than the cost of the upgrade, and
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One interesting part of the real estate business is the checklist most clients have for their new home.  Dealmakers or breakers can include anything from #of parking spaces to # of stories, and other tangibles such as:  bedrooms, bathrooms, square feet, layout, wheelchair accessibility,yard size, school district, proximity to work, and a number of other features that lend themselves
The wish list…”Perfect” or “I’ll pass” Read More »
Many homeowners try to sell their house by owner. Before we were Realtors, we tried selling ours by owner too. We had showings, but no serious buyers–they couldn’t get a loan for which you will need a downloadable w2 form to be able to prove your income, wanted to lease, had a house to sell,
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