Learn about local real estate and housing market trends from The Cascade Team Real Estate.

Our Average Home Sales Price is $500,000. That’s a $10,000 Savings for the Average Home Seller: (Your actual savings may be more or less depending on the final sales price of your home.)

Here are a few ideas on what you could do with an extra $10,000

instead of pay higher commissions to

 “Those Over-Priced Brokerages”  

The Top 10 Things You Could Do With $10,000 in Commission Savings From The Cascade Team:

10) A theater room for your house. Picture it: an 80” HDTV with surround sound and theater seating. Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-ray, here you come!

9) 1,176 Movie Tickets. It’s like a theater room in your home, only somewhere else!        

8) Invest it and watch it grow. Depending on your interest rate, you could double your…

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KIRKLAND, Wash. (Nov. 5, 2012) – Last month’s housing inventory around western Washington fell to its lowest level since February 2006, according to statistics from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. The MLS report covering 21 counties also shows year-over-year prices on closed sales area-wide increased by double-digits for the first time since March 2007.

Brokers reported 6,000 closed sales of single family homes and condominiums last month, outperforming the year-ago volume by 1,236 transaction for an increase of nearly 26 percent. Last month’s activity in the areas served by Northwest MLS marked a rebound from September when members reported 5,535 completed transaction.

Prices on October’s sales were up 10.4 percent compared to…

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Thinking of selling your home? If you've been waiting on the sidelines for better market conditions, wait no more! Now is the time to reap the benefit of a low inventory, rising home prices and motivated buyers.

Our present market offers all of these advantages, but to enjoy them to the full, you need the guidance of an experienced broker agent. Everyone knows that home sales can be complicated and full of "gotchas."

The Highs and Lows of Appraisals

Take appraisals, for example. Appraisals are a critical but often overlooked component of the home selling process. An inexperienced agent could lose you lots of time and money through a botched appraisal. A low appraisal can hurt your chances of making a sale at the price you want because it…

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The Call of the Castaway

Scores of private islands are for sale off the North American coast, with prices down 25% from their peak

Yahoo! Finance/Greg Wilson/Michael Saunders & Co. - An arerial view of Little Bokeelia Island, the nation's most expensive island listing at $29.5 million, according to Realtor.com. This island includes a large …more main house and cottages.  less

Americans lured by the fantasy of owning a private island don't have to go far asea.

From the sunny Florida Keys up the chilly Canadian coast, values of private islands off the coast of North America have tumbled an estimated 25% or more since the housing downfall, real-estate experts say. Now, prices are starting to attract buyers again.

"There are small…

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Daily Real Estate News | Friday, November 02, 2012  

Another sign economic recovery: The home ownership rate is no longer falling. It remained unchanged from the previous quarter, standing at 65.5 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported this week. A year ago, the home ownership rate stood at 66.3 percent. 

The home ownership rate is still far from its 70 percent peak during the housing boom. The rate started to drop soon after as the number of foreclosures began to soar, yet foreclosures are starting to slow.  

The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the home owner vacancy rate dropped to 1.9 percent in the third quarter — the lowest rate recorded. 

“Some industry watchers expect the home…

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Welcome to The Cascade Team Kaycee Voss. Kaycee recently moved to the Pacific NW from the Midwest. She has several years experience in Real Estate including working for a major builder and then owning her own Brokerage. We are very excited to bring someone with so much talent onto the Team. Kaycee has already sold her first home... To herself and her husband!

Welcome Kaycee Voss

Cell Phone: 425-615-4743

Fax: 425-996-9520 Emai: kaycee@thecascadeteam.com

Kaycee Voss Bio

After receiving her Bachelors degree in business, sales and marketing, Kaycee started her career by gaining extensive experience while working for one of the nation’s largest homebuilders. It gave her a deep understanding of the unique–and often times complicated–scenarios…

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October 31, 2012

Last week in review (October 22 - 26, 2012)

After last week’s Fed meeting, bonds and home loan rates are still standing near record best levels. Read on for details.


Table source: Mortgage Success Source

After last week’s regularly scheduled meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed reaffirmed that its latest round of bond buying (known as Quantitative Easing or QE3) would continue until our economy can stand on its own. This means that the Fed reaffirmed that they will purchase $85 billion of mortgage bonds per month through the end of the year, and at least $40 billion per month thereafter until the labor market substantially improves.

The Fed acknowledged that inflation, in the short-run, has picked up…

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Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, October 30, 2012  

Real estate agents need to keep children in mind when marketing to families and should present more information than the number of bedrooms.  Try marketing not just the home, but also provide information about nearby parks and green spaces, compile data about local schools and sports programs, and link to recreation centers on their Internet sites. 

Additionally, agents should include low crime rate statistics in their marketing information, and get children involved in showings by pointing out spaces that could be used…

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Thank you very much to Sammamish Carpet Cleaning. Janet and I had our carpets cleaned yesterday in preparation for the Holidays and they turned out amazing! Which included the spot of “I-Don’t-Know-What” on the bonus room carpet.

Chris Williams is the owner, and he and his team are top notch! They were there on time, cleaned everything beyond our wildest expectations, and finished with a smile.

I can’t recommend them any more highly! If you’re looking to get your carpets cleaned give them a shout…. And mention The Cascade Team and receive and extra 10% discount!

Thanks again Chris and Sammamish Carpet and Upholstery!

Cary & Janet Porter

All Inclusive Carpet Cleaning Services
Sammamish Carpet Cleaning, locally owned by Chris Williams since…

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We are very happy to welcome Matt Jaren to www.TheCascadeTeam Real Estate. Matt comes to us from Realty Executives Evergreen. Matt has a diversified background which gives him a unique blend to bring to his Real Estate business. Please take a moment to read Matt's Bio and feel free to reach out and say "Hello"

Welcome to the Team Matt Jaren!

Cell Phone206-353-4902

  • Fax 425-392-2319
  • Email my-personal-broker@att.net
  • Website http://my-personal-broker.com

Matt Jaren

    I am an Air Force Veteran, and performed work in Disaster Control with the 35th Air Division of the First Air Force.  My academic work is extensive, and I have remained enthusiastic about learning and participation in discourse areas of philosophy, history…

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