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Real Estate Agent - Cooper Jacobs
My random Seattle real estate musings about Seattle & Eastside neighborhoods, waterfront, floating homes, luxury homes plus Seattle historic mansions.

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2008 

Here is item number 7 from my Seattle seller tips: "Be gone - Leave your house well before showings! You want the buyers to be able to picture themselves in your home. They can't do this with you in it. It is also uncomfortable for buyers to be in your home with you there." I can not tell you ho...
09/28/2008
Interesting to see that even with all of the horrible financial fall out, this weekend was fairly busy for buyers from what I could tell.  Curious how other agents did at their open houses with visitors, too, because we have just had a glorious weekend weather wise here in Seattle!  Maybe Seattle...
09/28/2008
 WAMU was in the process of doing things to make adjustments for the losses it was incurring from all of its mortgage business.  Things were being changed and they were really on their way to possibly becoming a viable company again, though it was going to take some time to say the least.  But be...
09/26/2008
I keep the terms "Seattle real estate" and "Seattle suburbs" on my google alerts and make sure that I am up on everything that comes through...  I just like to know what is going on around me!  This morning a great blog popped up and I got a chance to read a wonderful pros and cons about living i...
09/24/2008
Sunset Hill real estate is filled with amazing places to see and live! This is a great Ballard neighborhood with wonderful views and neighbors! But are the houses selling? Here is a round up of all residential Sunset Hill real estate activity for the last six months in 2008 (excluding Sunset Hill...
09/22/2008
I had the pleasure of attending a Seattle Parks Foundation Celebration a couple weekends ago and I can not emphasize how important parks are to Seattle and to the home values overall!  Parks are amazing to have and the extra bonus?  Parks increase home values.  It is that simple.  With that, I as...
09/22/2008
This is not Ballard or Green Lake in 2006!!!!!  Have you seen BBC's How Not To Decorate?  If not, check it out - it is a great show, but here is how not to sell your Seattle house: It is no secret that the Seattle real estate market is still good, but it has definitely changed and is no longer al...
09/22/2008
Sunset Hill real estate is filled with amazing places to see and live!  This is a great Ballard neighborhood with wonderful views and neighbors!  But are the houses selling?  Here is a round up of all residential Sunset Hill real estate activity for the last six months in 2008 (excluding Sunset H...
09/21/2008
Seattle Real Estate:  Tips and advice on saving yourself some money from an emergency.... It is important to make sure and take every precaution to keep your house water tight, but in Seattle we need to be especially mindful of some pretty important home maintenance in order to protect our invest...
09/20/2008
Seattle Going Green For More Green.... Seattle real estate is big on building green right now and I am thrilled for it!  I am a member of Built Green and always looking for Built Green properties for my buyers, but also existing homes that have been remodeled green.   I love taking Seattle buyers...
09/20/2008