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At some point while weighing the pros and cons of buying a new home in Olympia, you begin to mentally fix on a price range. If you are able to depend on a family income that’s fairly predictable, the issue is simplified. If not (small business owners, entrepreneurs, and many sales professionals f...

When you Google “seeking the best professional,” in about a half a second you are presented with 403 million candidates (not to play favorites, Search Engine Wise, when you ask Bing the same thing, it gives you a mere 62.6 million…which might actually prove more useful, since it would only take y...

You would think that smaller homes would be skyrocketing in popularity right about now. Statistics show that the average number of people in American households is shrinking. Practicality would seem to dictate that a trend toward downsizing should be underway, with significant implications for Ol...

You would think the outside competition for Olympia foreclosure bargains might have up and disappeared by now…but no! As The Wall Street Journal described it last week, the shrinking number of foreclosure opportunities hasn’t driven Wall Street’s professional investors completely out of the marke...

Let’s start out by agreeing that a “For Sale by Owner” sign on a Olympia fence does have a certain appeal. It summons up mental images of a simple, direct relationship: no middle men, just straight talk and fair dealing with the One in Charge! And in fact, in many walks of life, dealing directly ...

As most Olympia homeowners would agree, buying a house is dissimilar from any other kind of shopping—and that’s not just because of the price tag. When you set out to shop for most everyday items, you usually pick which store you’ll visit first, then survey what they have to offer. If the goods a...

You’re eager to get your home sold quickly with a minimum of fuss. You’ve been over the comparables with your Realtor®; and the listing looks and reads great. It’s getting close to showing time—and although you know that your Olympia property is a great buy that any new owner would be proud to ca...

Residential sales in Olympia—in fact, all real estate dealings anywhere—remain the most local of commercial transactions. If your house is in San Francisco, a price spike in suburban Newark is probably of little interest, unless you plan on moving anytime soon. Even so, the new projection for ove...

You’ve decided that right now is the perfect time to put up your Olympia home for sale; you’re charged with energy and determination; you’re ready to get going—and then…suddenly, the April weather turns foul. It’s an all-too-common frustration, from mud season sieges in Northeastern Maine to kite...

It may not be the first factor you look at when you begin planning to buy an Olympia house, but unless you are in the rare position of being able to make an all-cash purchase, sooner or later your credit score will become a prominent factor. That’s why April’s get-together in Washington held some...