Tips from The Cascade Team Agents

High Impact Real Estate Marketing & 4% TOTAL Listing Commissions For Today’s Home Sellers

The Cascade Team Real Estate is a company like no other because of the marketing, service and home seller savings we provide. We understand that in today’s real estate & home selling environment, we need to provide a high level of real estate service and widespread marketing of the home for sale, utilize technology to keep our home seller clients in the communication loop and provide added value to both buyers and home sellers in the real estate transaction. The effective use of technology tools allows our local real estate agents to focus more of their time on servicing our clients and finding buyers for your home, all the while providing the most…

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  •         The number of active listings reached 18,310, marking the highest level of inventory since September 2018
  •         The number of closed sales decreased by 3.3% year-over-year
  •         For every listing “Sold” last month, seven (7) new listings took its place.
  •         Relative to the previous month, the number of active listings increased by 3,851 (from 14,459 in April 2025), while the number of closed sales increased by only 580.
  •         Mortgage demand drops, even as rates fall to the lowest since April

Bye-bye bidding wars:

Home sellers this spring have been frustrated by a slower-than-normal housing market. That could set up a summer of deals for buyers. That means house hunters this year could end up seeing the “most…

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King County Sees 71.3% Surge in Inventory as Sales Only increase by 0.7%

Market Recap

In addition to the 71.3% increase in listings for sale in King County, Broker showings dropped when compared to the same timeframe last year. This was a year-over-year decrease of 5.4% from the number of showings in April 2024. Days on market are also creeping up to around 28 days on the greater eastside.

Even some of the hottest markets like Sammamish are now projected to have a 2.4% decline in prices over the next 12 months according to Zillow.

Redfin reports that Seattle leads all major U.S. metropolitan areas in concessions for home buyers as the trend continues to escalate nationally.

Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in a whopping 71.3%…

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When you create private listing networks, who are you accountable to? If somebody says, “I want to sell my house to the neatest family in the world,” well, now you’re discriminating against single people. Is that fair? Could it be a situation of have and have not? In this instance, it’s saying, “we’re not going to play by the fair housing rules anymore.”

Transparency and equitable access to real estate listings is at risk, threatening to push the industry backwards. Currently, most homes are listed on the Multiple Listings Service (MLS), a database shared by the real estate industry. The MLS database is also what feeds listings to consumer platforms, allowing you to see for sale homes on places like Zillow, Homes.com or Realtor.com.

However,…

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Buckle up for a bumpy ride as 2025 looks to have multiple twists and turns.

  •         The housing market will keep shifting in 2025.
  •         The average home value rose by 9% annually.
  •         Expectations are for approximately a 5% increase in prices for 2025.
  •         Homebuying activity should pick up after a long slump, despite choppiness in mortgage rates.
  •         Housing inventory to start the year is the highest since 2020.
  •         Fewer bidding wars with normalizing housing supply.
  •         Interest rates to bounce around the mid 6% range.

Believe it or not, the housing market is still normalizing after the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few years, the housing market has been — to put it in as simple of terms as…

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Timing the Market can put Money in your Pocket

We often see and hear news reports about the housing market and its continuing price increases. However, there is much more to the story. While prices generally increase throughout the year, those increases fluctuate throughout the year and can be very nuanced from neighborhood to neighborhood, even within the same city.

In some cases, just one month can mean a difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars. So, if you plan on selling, it may not necessarily be worth trying to “Time” the market for the end of school, especially if closing in April instead of June means an extra $200,000 or more!

Take, for example, the neighborhood of Trossachs located in Sammamish. Trossachs has just under 1,700…

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Find Your Home's True Equity

A Professional Equity Assessment Report (PEAR) is a custom evaluation of your home’s cash value. We can determine your home’s approximate equity by assessing your current mortgage and estimated selling price and deducting fees such as commissions, excise tax, and other closing costs. This report is a powerful tool for helping you make confident decisions about selling your home.

The truth is that the final numbers are more than just the sales price and remaining mortgage balance. Other factors such as capital gains tax, broker commissions, HELOC loans, prepayment penalties, special assessments, and escrow and lender fees play a part in this final number.

We’ll help you clearly understand your bottom line. All you…

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When you think of the Zestimate, for many, it gives a false anchor for what the value actually is.

The Zestimate is just one of a slew of automated valuation models that are increasingly used by banks, investors, and laypeople to estimate the value of homes. No other model, however, has wormed its way into our culture like the Zestimate. The model, like other consumer-facing AVMs, is prone to errors that render it more of an amusement than a serious pricing tool. But while the algo's price-guessing skills may be suspect, it's undeniably elite at one thing: luring people to Zillow-dot-com.

The Zestimate is both everywhere and an enigma. About 104 million homes, or 71% of the US housing stock, have a little dollar figure hovering above them on…

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As the holiday season comes to a close and the decorations are carefully packed away, many homeowners find themselves contemplating new beginnings. The start of a new year is a time for fresh starts and resolutions, making it an ideal moment to consider selling your home. Here’s why preparing your home for sale right after the holidays can be a strategic move.

1. A Fresh Start for Buyers and Sellers

The new year often brings a renewed sense of motivation and determination. Many potential buyers are eager to start fresh, and the idea of moving into a new home aligns perfectly with their resolutions. As a seller, this is an opportunity to tap into that mindset by presenting your home as a fresh, inviting option for those looking to make a change.

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Horror stories are unfortunately all too common in some HOA communities. In most neighborhoods, homeowners' associations are pretty chill and get things done for the residents. But unfortunately, other HOAs sometimes spiral out of control, with members flexing their power to fine, harass, and even sue homeowners over tiny infractions.

Read on for the worst HOA tales they've come across while working in the field

The “Slip”

"I slipped in my driveway and fell and broke my femur near my hip and couldn't get up. I was laying in my driveway calling for help for about 30 minutes and I could hear people walking past but nobody stopped for quite a while. I eventually asked someone to call an ambulance and got taken care of. Spent a few days in the…

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