Edgewood, WA Real Estate Blog

Statistics for August for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.

Number of Active listings: King & Pierce County WA

Number of Active listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma, & Federal Way WA

Number of Sold listings: King & Pierce County, WA
Number of Sold listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma & Federal Way WA

Average days on market: [...]

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Notwithstanding their role in marketing, if you look below the surface, you’ll find the principles described by Cialdini ubiquitously at work in everyday residential real estate negotiations. Thoroughly understanding their impact can readily ratchet up your success at the bargaining table. In addition, you’ll benefit by learning to write better advertising copy.

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As part of my review of the Federal Way Condo market activity for a buyer client I compiled the following recent statistics. The data is for NWMLS area 110 which includes King County roughly west of I-5.
As you can see, new listings continue to come onto the market as the number of sales [...]

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Phil over at the Boise Real Estate Blog posted further evidence of why a home inspection, even for a new home is necessary.
As I’ve mentioned before, this is even more of a requirement in todays market for the reasons posted here.

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Statistics for August for Edgewood and surrounding cities have just been updated.

Number of Active listings: King & Pierce County WA

Number of Active listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma, & Federal Way WA

Number of Sold listings: King & Pierce Count, WA
Number of Sold listings: Edgewood, Milton, Sumner, NE Tacoma & Federal Way WA

Average days on market: [...]

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Update:  The issue discussed in the following post will be rendered moot with new forms to be published October 15, 2007.
I made the follow comment to a post made by Jason Mook: Switching Boats Mid Stream.
This issue concerns the typical financing contingency found in most real estate contracts. In essence, the financing contingency says [...]

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Once again I’m aghast.
I was just reading a comment(#43) to a post on deceptive radio advertising for mortgage lending on Seattle’s Rain City Guide regarding selecting an agent when I received a call from the selling agent on one of my recently closed transactions.
He said he was missing a copy of an Agency Disclosure Form [...]

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The Washington State legislature (RCW 64.06.020) requires a property disclosure form (which when using NWMLS forms is known as a Form 17) be provided by a seller for the transfer of: 1) Real property consisting of one to four dwelling units, 2) a condominium, unless the sale is subject to the public offering statement, 3) [...]

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