ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2015
It’s because the purchase of a home involves such a substantial sum that Olympia homeowners are often thought of as being financially constrained. With years’ worth of income bound up in a mortgage, it’s the dominant figure in many a financial statement.But there is also another way to look at i...
11/30/2015
You might think that professional home stagers in Olympia are intent on aiming for the kind of look that would draw oooohs and ahhhhhs if it were featured in Good Housekeeping or Better Homes and Gardens. In fact, you’d likely be more on-target if the magazine you thought of was actually RealSim...
11/29/2015
Once a Olympia home search gets underway, even prospective buyers who hadn’t hardened up the prices they were aiming for begin to hone in on a target range. Even a cursory excursion into the Olympia listings forces the issue. Anyone who is at all serious about finding a new home sees the correla...
11/28/2015
There are many generalizations that can be truly instructive for homeowners with Olympia homes for sale. The undeniable importance of “location, location, location!” is a good one; de-clutter! as a main order of business is another…as is the wisdom of researching neighborhood comparables.Anybody...
11/27/2015
It turns out that there is a connection between Olympia’s Thanksgiving celebration and a notorious lamb—but it’s historical rather than culinary.The early history includes tale of one uncanny happening that befell the Pilgrims when they went ashore in in the spring of 1621. They had reached the ...
11/26/2015
If 90% of home buyers use the internet at some point in their search, the percentage who go to the Olympia listings has to be close to the same ballpark. It’s hard to imagine anyone NOT wanting to take at least a peek at the current listings. Even if they have already settled on a target proper...
11/25/2015
The first stop for anyone looking for a new home in Olympia—or for anyone who is even mildly curious about what properties are currently available—is the Olympia real estate listings. Like those you find here on my site, today’s online real estate listings are updated regularly all across the in...
11/24/2015
It’s October; a time of year that has a lot to recommend it. In many parts of the country, it’s the season when Mother Nature goes full throttle with the Technicolor. Sunsets can be outrageous. In some parts of the country, leaves can bid adieu with displays that put rainbows to shame. Fall ...
11/23/2015
Whenever an unplanned and unwelcome financial situation develops, a Olympia mortgage-holder can find himself or herself in the onerous position of being unable to keep up with the monthly home loan payments. If the unhappy situation continues long enough, the likely result is a foreclosure or s...
11/22/2015
There’s a reason that Olympia home loan providers sometimes choose to lead their ads with a ‘lock’ provision. They know that potential clients likely to be enticed by low Olympia mortgage rate numbers are fairly sophisticated—they know that today’s mortgage rate is not necessarily tomorrow’s. By...
11/21/2015