ARDELL's Seattle Area Real Estate Blog
Seattle Real Estate including The Eastside cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and The Seattle Neighborhoods of Green Lake, and most points on the north side of Lake Washington.
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2007
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I have had one case where a buyer decided not to buy because interest rates have risen.Seems more would be inclined to buy if rates were at 6% vs. 6.5%.My client was making an investment pruchase, and he had just bought an investment property and likely should be waiting a bit between purchases. ...
07/24/2007
I have to get a house ready for market today. I just saw it for the first time last night and we need it all ready by tonight for an Open House tomorrow.It's a great house on a great lot that was built in the late 70s. So here's what I need and QUICK!1) New handles for the cabinetsThere are alm...
07/14/2007
I've been wanting to write a post about all the things sellers say that "Take the Wind Our of Our Sales/Sails". You know. The things they say that make you look at them like they just took out a gun and shot themselves in the foot.1) If it doesn't sell at this price, I'll just rent it out.Later...
07/14/2007
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How much time to you tell your buyer clients and seller clients to allow for the home inspection? Seems to me they are getting longer and longer.Even small relatively simple homes seem to take three hours, and we had one the other day that lasted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It was a very large older ...
07/12/2007
There are many, many aspects to being a Real Estate Agent, and we wear many hats from start to end of a Real Estate Transaction.But in the past five years I have noticed a trend of agents who get into the business because it is lucrative, and shy away from listing property. All they want to do i...
07/10/2007
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We are officially in the Final Week of Project Blogger by 26 minutes and counting down!If any of the apprentices have any remaining questions about your blogs or blogging, the clock is ticking.Now would be a good time to raise any last questions you may have. Look over your blogs and the blogs of...
07/08/2007
We just had elections at my Redmond WA Toastmasters International Club which meets in Bellevue WA. Our group is called Speechcrafters.I am the Vice President of Membership for the next six months, having been the Vice President of Education the last six and V.P. of Membership for 12 non consecut...
07/07/2007
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I don't know about you, but I'm a whole lot better at real estate than I am at Excel Spreadsheets and making fancy graphs.Still, a picture speaks 1,000 words and graphs like this one are a snap to do.Just Google "Create A Graph" and it will take you HERE.I could have just given you the link, but ...
07/06/2007
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King County Home sales - $400,000 to $600,000 - First half of 2007Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond home sales - $400,000 to $600,000 - First half of 2007Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond home sales - $200,000 to 400,000 - May 2007 and June 2007 as compared to currently for sale and currently in escrow...
07/06/2007
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My daughter Andrea finally got her braces off and her Dad just popped out this photo of her smile with no "preparation" time. My beautiful daughter with no makeup or prep just showing her fresh face to the world. It might seem odd that for many of us Bloggers, this is a frightening proposition....
07/02/2007
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