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Some housing markets are heating up so much that homes are selling in less than 24 hours—also known as a “flash sale.” 

Recently analyzed data from major metro areas using MLS information as well as shared information amoung brokerages between Oct. 1, 2012 and Feb. 26, 2013, reveal which metros are seeing some of the fastest sales. These rankings are based on cities that were seeing a home status going from active to pending in less than a day after being listed. Many of those listings in as little as an hour.

Here are the cities are seeing the most flash sales:

  1. Phoenix: 540
  2. Chicago: 261
  3. Houston: 188
  4. Dallas: 184
  5. Austin: 163
  6. San Diego: 135
  7. Los Angeles: 132
  8. Sacramento, Calif.: 128
  9. Denver: 115
  10. …

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1) Before Heading Out to Look at Homes This Weekend - Download The Mobile MLS!

It’s like having your very own personal Real Estate Agent riding along with you in the car! One that can even give you directions!

Search for your dream home anytime, anywhere!  WE can help! Text CTRE32 to 88000 and you will have the most advanced and comprehensive mobile search available that will allow YOU to:

  • See every property from every brokerage
  • School Information
  • Annual Property Tax Records
  • Driving directions to properties
  • Calculate your Mortgage
  • See all properties based on GPS location
  • See all interior photos for any listing
  • Quick contact to see any listing
  • Save your favorite properties to view later
  • Sold…

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  • Jayne Chiu
  • jayne@thecascadeteam.com
  • Cell: 425-392-0192

Welcome to The Cascade Team Jayne Chiu (I-Yu Chiu). Jayne lives in Sammamish and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. She was recruited to The Cascade Team by Stan Chang and he will be her Managing Broker. We are very happy to have Jayne join The Cascade Team and we look forward to working with her and seeing her succeed.

Real Estate Agents That Offer YOU Local Knowledge & Personal Service

Cascade Team Real Estate agents spend their time serving customers, studying the market and touring homes, so they can provide the most accurate housing market data for their client. This helps you better understand the competitive environment, pricing strategies and provides an edge in the negotiation…

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  • Don A. Donat
  • cell 253 380-2612
  • don@thecascadeteam.com

Don has over 15 years experience in the Real Estate Industry, and has spent most of that time working for Prudential NW. We are very happy to have Don now be a part of www.TheCascadeTeam.com and he will be a great asset for us. Don lives in Federal Way and will be focusing on the Federal Way and Tacoma markets.

Real Estate Agents That Offer YOU Local Knowledge & Personal Service

Cascade Team Real Estate agents spend their time serving customers, studying the market and touring homes, so they can provide the most accurate housing market data for their client. This helps you better understand the competitive environment, pricing strategies and provides an edge in the negotiation…

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One of the biggest myths in Real Estate is a homes assessed value having a correlation to its present market value.

Unfortunately it is easy to see why the general public is often times confused about this because a number of Real Estate agents fail to educate their clients that there is a big difference. Trust me looking at assessed values is no better than using Zillow.com to figure out what a home is worth!

When the assessed value from the town is higher than what a property is on the market for you will often see Agents writing advertising that says something like the following “Come see this bargain home that is priced $75,000 less than the assessed value”. What this immediately tells me is the Agent either does…

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Imagine yourself as a homebuyer. You are excited and motivated to begin looking at homes in your local market, so like most home buyers you hop online or head down to a local real estate office to begin your search. In either case you will probably do something very predictable. You, as a typical homebuyer, will pick two price points as in - We would like to look for homes between $200,000 and $225,000 dollars. Interestingly, even if you have been told by your lender that you are qualified to purchase a home up to $229,400 dollars, inevitably you will just round down to $225,000 or round up to $230,000. Because of this savvy sellers often use price points as a way to gain maximum exposure for their home. How? By slightly…

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Welcome to The Cascade Team Robin Savage. Robin has five years experience working in the appraisal industry and has just decided to get her real estate license and pursue a career selling homes. (Now she’ll understand when we worry about appraisals from our side of the business!)

Robin lives in Bellevue and will be working many of the residential neighborhoods located around the Bellevue Square Mall area.

Welcome to The Cascade Team Robin Savage!

  • Office Phone 425-313-4752
    • Fax 425-996-9520
    • Email robin@thecascdeteam.com

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Cascade Team Real Estate agents spend their time serving customers, studying the market and touring homes, so they can provide the most accurate…

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Western Washington housing indicators aligned "for spring market to remember"

KIRKLAND, Wash. (March 5, 2013) – Real estate brokers around Washington state agree today’s market is far different than two years ago, with one industry veteran summing it up by saying key indicators "are in perfect alignment for a spring market to remember."

On the plus side, closed sales during February jumped more than 9 percent from a year ago and median sales prices are up 13 percent according to new figures from Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

Last month’s pending sales across the 21 counties served by Northwest MLS also increased, but only slightly (1.7 percent) due in part to depleted…

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By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR(R) Magazine

Emerald may be this year’s color of the year and hot hue, but which colors should you avoid?

Color research tells us some colors to avoid. Colors that can be considered, as some researchers note, “eye irritants” and can even cause headaches or mess with your vision.

According to color research, the worst offending color:

Yellow as a “pure bright lemon.”

“More light is reflected by bright colors, resulting in excessive stimulation of the eyes,” researchers note. “Yellow is an eye irritant. Babies cry more in yellow rooms, husbands and wives fight more in yellow kitchens, and opera singers throw more tantrums in yellow dressing rooms.”

That said, yellow is the first color the human eye tends to…

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Fredrick Lekanoff

Real Estate Broker

 
  • Office Phone 425.313.4752
  • Cell Phone 253.332.0704
    • Fax 888.327.8160
    • Email fredrick@thecascadeteam.com

With a background in Real Estate Investing, I have had tremendous experience with purchasing and sales in the real estate industry in many parts of the country. When the opportunity arose to represent The Cascade Team, I jumped at the chance. The innovated marketing strategies, tools and information used are setting new trends in real estate improving how the client is always informed. This makes me very proud to be a part of a winning team that provides “Simply Outrageous Service!”

I have a background in Real Estate Investing from owning my own real estate…

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