Edgewood, WA Real Estate Blog

I mentioned in a previous post that it’s paramount for both buyers and sellers to understand what’s coming down the pipe real estate market wise.
 
I was asked: “Well, what exactly is coming down the pipe?“
 
As you probably know, many exotic loans were originated during the 2004-2007 period. Exotic loans are [...]

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I was delighted to find new twin baby lambs Easter morning when I went to feed. It was windy and raining hard and the first-time mom was having trouble taking care of them. It was touch and go for a bit. We were lucky to find them when we did.
They are both [...]

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Like a lot of places, here in Edgewood a lot of sellers and a lot of agents seem to be having a hard time moving from fantasy land to reality.
I don’t know if it’s sellers unwilling to grasp that yesterday’s sales prices were available yesterday, and/or if their agents don’t know what’s going on… and, [...]

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The risks of holding raw land have never been higher.
FEMA recently updated their flood maps. More area is now included in floodplains. The Tacoma News Tribune ran an article on it yesterday worth reading. What they didn’t mention was that Pierce County recently updated their floodplain building requirements that may make your [...]

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Statistics for February for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.
I noticed a few points of interest in last months data. The number of active listings in Pierce County actually went down. This is the time of year (after the holidays) when you’d expect an increase in the number of active listings. [...]

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