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Getting a Mortgage is About to Get Harder           

Mortgage reform is kicking in on Jan. 10, bringing significant changes to home loan financing.

The new rules were written by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect homebuyers from risky mortgages like the ones that led so many homeowners into foreclosure in recent years. The rules also protect investors from buying shoddy mortgage-backed investments.

Money Talks News founder Stacy Johnson describes the changes in the video below. Check it out, then read on for more details.

The downside for consumers is that the rules make it harder for some people to qualify for a home loan. So, if you’re shopping for a mortgage or refinancing right now,…

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Nicole Glavin, Realtor

Office:  858.429.5751

Cell:  626.321.7691

Email:  nicole@thecascadeteam.com

BRE#:  01920791

Nicole found her passion for Real Estate at a very young age. Her Mother sold Real Estate while Nicole was growing up, and Nicole followed in her footsteps starting her career right out of college. She started as an Assistant and worked her way into a Brokers position back in Seattle, Washington. Nicole was awarded "Top Sales" and "Highest in Customer Satisfaction" in 2010 and 2011. In Nicole's free time she spends time with her husband and two daughters while training for marathons. Nicole is currently trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon.

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We are happy to announce the opening of our Portland area branch of The Cascade Team.

 

  • Marvin Von Renchler / Managing Broker/ The Cascade Team Portland
  • marvin@thecascadeteam.com
  • Office: (503) 822-6728
  • Cell: 503-504-7265

We are also very happy to welcome Marvin Von Renchler as our Managing Broker for the Portland area. Marvin has over 30 years experience in Real Estate and mortgages and has succeeded at the highest levels including owning and running his own company. His deep connections throughout the real estate community will help us immensely as we recruit and grow our office.

 

Starting as a broker with Prospectors Realty 1980, Marvin Von Renchler won all company awards and purchased the…

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Daily Real Estate News |     Thursday, November 07, 2013   

Marble, big windows, and wine cellars are becoming popular words in listing ads to sell high-end homes, according to a new study by Trulia. The study defined luxury listings as those valued four times the median asking price in an area.

The following buzz words have grown in luxury listings the past two years: 

  • Marble bath: +78%
  • Oversized windows: +56%
  • Ceiling windows: 37%
  • Floor-to-ceiling windows: +39%
  • Wine cellars: +30%
  • Marble floors: +30%
  • Gyms: +28%
  • Private elevators: +24%
  • Tennis courts: +24%

Source: “The Keywords Being Used to Sell Homes,” The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 6, 2013)

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$175,000 - 213 'O' Street NE, Auburn

   Bedrooms: 3
   Bathrooms: 1
   Sq. Footage: 1,650
   Year Built: 1940
   Garage Spaces: 2
   Type: Residential
   MLS® Number: 563660
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  Linda McFarlane
Managing Broker of The Cascade Team North Bend
206.854.1008
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Contact Linda McFarlane for a showing: 206.854.1008. This is a fantastic starter home in a well established neighborhood of Auburn. It has a recently remodeled kitchen and 1600 square feet of space to make your own. The home is currently…

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Contact Janet Jolly-Porter: janet@TheCascadeTeam.com 425-830-6743 to set up your appointment to learn more.

The Responsive web design from http://www.thecascadeteam.com/ will resize and reformat page content in response to screen size and resolution. In short, our responsive website is one that looks good and performs well on traditional computers, tablets and smartphone. Its one size fits all -- no separate mobile version required!

If you consider that many potential buyers may start their home search on their laptop and then switch to their smartphone throughout the course of the day, it's only logical to make sure they have the same user-experience from one screen to the other. Having a separate mobile site -- that usually has less content…

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Written By Jed Kolko:

Which amenities can luxury homebuyers expect to find in today’s market? For our latest Real Estate Lab report, we combed through two years’ worth of luxury listings to see which words and phrases are trending up and down. We defined luxury listings as homes for sale that are priced at least four times above the median asking price for a given metro area: that means a million-dollar home in Rochester, NY, is a luxury listing, while a million-dollar home in San Francisco is not. We compared luxury homes listed between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013, with those listed in the previous year, between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012.

What’s In: Marble, Windows, and Booze Looking at all of the words and phrases that appear in…

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  • October Pending Sales Dip 2.7%
  • Inventory up 5.5%
  • Closed Sales up 12.5% YTD
  • Prices up 7.7% YTD 

Home sales "pause" with government shutdown, but brokers mostly bullish on market recovery:

KIRKLAND, Wash. (Nov. 5, 2013) – Home sales "paused" during October but prices continued to rise, according to the latest statistics from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Commenting on year-to-date totals for 2013 compared to 2012, one industry expert remarked, "I would say the real estate market is recovering nicely."

Pending sales during October dipped 2.7 percent when compared to the same month a year ago, but rose nearly 3.2 percent from September’s volume. October’s decline was the first negative change in…

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