Category Archives: Buyer Info

First time home-buyers usually fall into one of two categories: 1) Leaders. These buyers have watched some reality real estate TV shows, read some columns or blogs that make sweeping, generalized statements about the entire market the country — if not … Continue reading →

February 21, 2010 — A day of celebration!!! Today is my boy Hayden Storm’s 2nd Birthday!!! Check out some photos of his birthday party held yesterday at Bellingham Bay Gymnastics and Preschool!

January is consistently one of the slowest months of year for home sales. It’s in the midst of the winter slow-down — a phenomena seen across every market in the northern hemisphere! Buyers are recovering from holiday spending, kids are … Continue reading →

Buying a home is a process. And having a home inspection is part of that process. It comes after you’ve reached “mutual acceptance” with the seller, and have basically “tied up” the property, in that you’ve blocked out the other … Continue reading →

Bottom line first: It is a RIDICULOUSLY good time to borrow money for a home. Just check out the chart below (courtesy of First American Title) and you can see the interest rates of years past, all the way back … Continue reading →

For the current issue of the NW Way of Life Newsletter, I spent some quality Q&A time with wife/mom/symphony orchestra flutist/surfski racer Debbie Arthur. Debbie, along with her husband Morris and their kids Virginia and Kai, make up one of the … Continue reading →

When I work with buyer clients, there’s usually an “Aha!” moment when they’ve seen a certain number of homes and become calibrated to the market. At that moment, they can sense with reasonable accuracy a home of good value, and they … Continue reading →

One of the blog’s most passionate fans, Debbie Downer, asks the question: Can you low-ball an REO? This is in response to last weeks’ post about low-balling short sales, where we discovered that, according to NWMLS stats, short sales have been … Continue reading →

You’re shopping for a house, and your agent tells you the one you’ve fallen in love with is a “short sale.” “Cool!” you think. “You can low-ball the ______ out of short sales, and get just a SCREAMING good deal! … Continue reading →