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 It just could be that the absolute best Halloween gift has been identified. It’s one that every Tumwater resident would certainly be surprised to receive.Now, in case you are asking yourself who gives gifts at Halloween (other than the candy we hand out to the pint-sized ghosts and goblins), I a...

  Lacey home sellers are sure to hear one piece of advice again and again: “declutter.”It’s the simplest of concepts; not in the least controversial. Nobody could convincingly argue that Lacey homes whose rooms are populated with bric-a-brac are more likely to attract buyers than are those withou...

  For prospective home buyers who have been eyeing the Olympia listings without any particular sense of urgency, last week’s mortgage interest rate news could have added an element of angst. In the up-again/down-again world of consumer finance, even the threat of higher mortgage interest rates ac...

  HGTV has a weekly program called “Income Property” that Tumwater investors may find interesting from time to time. The host, Scott McGillivray—himself an income property investor—offers tips and advice on the subject. His insights are solid. They may not be earth-shaking, but it doesn’t hurt th...

 Conscientious Olympia homeowners keep on top of all the regular maintenance items pretty much automatically. Once you have lived in a place for more than a year or two, you know what you should be keeping an eye on. You have a handle on when major fixes and updates have to be addressed.When you ...

   House hunters are sometimes compared with treasure hunters—and it can certainly feel like that when you find a Lacey home that’s a perfect fit. The other day, I read a writer who compared house hunting with beachcombing. That might pass muster at first—but when you think it over, it really doe...

   If you try to predict what Lacey real estate activity is likely to be based on only our local activity, you soon find what causes statisticians to turn up their noses: the sample size is simply too small to project reliable trends. That’s why serious Lacey observers look to the incoming real e...

  It was a federal agency reversal that was startling in its effect: a change in guidance that actually clarified more than muddled!The change will directly affect Lacey buyers and sellers because the issue will impact the cost of Lacey residential real estate transactions—specifically, in the ar...

  When you go in for your annual physical, you’re hoping for a sunny prognosis. Realtor® magazine isn’t a medical journal, but it does have a feature called “Market Pulse.” It reports on the patient’s vital signs (if you imagine the patient being the nation’s housing market). The state of the nat...

  Probably more than any other time of year, it seems like the onset of fall in Lacey triggers an impulse to get things done! True, there is a similar phenomenon in the spring when many an ambitious cleaning project is sprung. But those impulses are not mysterious—especially when they follow long...