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KIRKLAND, Wash. (Dec. 4, 2013) – Improving inventory, stabilizing prices, fewer short sales, and a healthy local economy are credited with keeping the real estate market "chugging along nicely" around western Washington, according to brokers with the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

The latest figures from Northwest MLS show year-over-year gains in inventory (up 4.8 percent), pending sales (up nearly 1.6 percent), closed sales (up 5.3 percent) and median selling prices (up 4.86 percent).

Brokers reported 6,624 pending sales (mutually accepted offers) of single family homes and condominiums during November, improving on the year-ago total of 6,522 for a 1.56 percent increase.

Closed sales across the 21 counties…

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A quitclaim deed is the simplest way that one person (the grantor) can transfer property, such as a house, to another person (the grantee). It is often used among family members to remove or change someone's name from the property title. While the concept is simple and straightforward — relinquishing all ownership claims to a particular property — it's also important to note what a quitclaim can't do.

In renouncing the claim, the grantor makes no guarantee of promise that the property is free of debt. Another important distinction is that the grantor makes no promise that no one else claims to own the property. The quitclaim deed says, in effect, that the grantor is signing over whatever ownership he or she may have…

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Why Choose Us To Buy A New Home

The Cascade Team is a real estate brokerage whose focus is centered on customer service.  Our customer's are our number one priority and our local agent team works hard to not only find properties that meet your needs and wants, but also leverages their local market knowledge to help guide you through the home search process.  Our commitment to excellence in service is unparalleled in the areas in which we serve.  While we offer a number of online tools to assist you with your home search, having a knowledgeable local agent to guide you is so important, especially when the local market heats up.  Multiple offers, escalation clauses, negotiations, etc, are all critical items in helping you secure your new home, and that's…

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Our New GPS Home Search Mobile App

Introducing Our New GPS Home Search Mobile App

The Cascade Team Real Estate’s highly-rated real estate app for IPhone and Android allows you to search all available MLS listings of current homes for sale, so you know you’re getting the best and most accurate information. Take your home search to go with the mobile app, complete with interactive maps, photos, and one-touch access to your local real estate agent. Plus, everything you do on the app syncs up with your account on www.TheCascadeTeam.com, so you always have your saved searches and homes with you and can save homes for sale that you love while you’re on-the-go.

 ***** “Full MLS integration on a responsive platform” 
 ***** “Most accurate data for serious…

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Our New GPS Home Search Mobile App

Our new mobile app is available on ITunes and will be available soon on Android/Google Play.

                            

We are very happy to announce the launch of our new Real Estate App. Now you will have all the tools right at the tip of your fingers while searching for homes.... And best of all: It's FREE in the Apple iTunes Store and the Android App Store!

Our new The Cascade Team Real Estate App features:

  • Links to our “Responsive” mobile website. Easily browse homes, flip through pictures, and search with the “Responsive Search Bar” by street, address, agent name or MLS #.
  • A GPS enabled search. With the click of a button our Mobile App will locate all listed properties from every…

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Wow.... I never would have guessed grapes or un-cooked dough. This is a great list to read over! Pet's are a huge part of many of our homes and families!

Vetstreet has compiled an A to Z list of some common pet poisons that should be on your radar. This list is not all-inclusive, so for more information on these and many other toxins, check out the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center website and talk with your vet.

Pet Poisons From A to Z

  • Acetaminophen, which is found in Tylenol and other medications, can cause liver damage in dogs. Cats are even more sensitive: Ingestion of a single 325 mg tablet by a 10-pound cat can cause anemia and even be fatal. Toxicity Ranking:moderate to severe.
  • Batteries can be toxic…

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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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  • 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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By Destination Home

Most upgrades, renovations, and home improvement projects raise a home’s resale value. But in this episode of Destination Home Sabrina Soto, host of HGTV’s "The High/Low Project," reveals five renovations that can do just the opposite.

 That is, Soto qualifies, if you're planning on selling in the next five years. “If you’re going to stay in your home for a long time, do whatever makes you happy — surround yourself with Pepto Bismol pink if that's what you like,” she tells Destination Home. But if resell value matters, here’s what to avoid:  

1) Converting bedrooms into other spaces: If potential homebuyers "see it’s a four-bedroom house, they want to go to the open house and see four bedrooms.…

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