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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 wide spread 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 homesellers in the real estate transaction. The effective use of technology tools allows our local Seattle & San Diego real estate agents to focus more of their time on servicing our clients and finding buyers for your home, all…

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We are very happy to welcome Lily Lei to www.TheCascadeTeam.com . Lily is a new agent who speaks fluent Chinese. She lives in The Issaquah Highlands and will be working closely with foreign investors looking to purchase businesses and residential homes here in the US. Lily has a diverse background and has owned her own business. We are very much looking forward to having he be part of The Cascade Team!

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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 housing market data for their client. This helps you better understand the competitive environment, pricing strategies and provides an…

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We want to welcome Cheryl Bolender to The Cascade Team in Arizona.  Cheryl was formally with Long's Realty, which was formally Windermere.  Cheryl has been in the real estate business for a number of years and will be focusing on the West Valley, specifically the master planned community of Verrado. 

Cheryl Bolender
Realtor
623.203.3251 - Mobile
623.738.1477 - Ext 102
cheryl@thecascadeteam.com

She has a few new listings on the way and we are happy she joined us in our quest to take over the Phoenix market.

BIO:

I have been in the Real Estate Industry for over 15 years and an Entrepreneur all of my life. Spanning from commercial real estate investments to residential real estate, construction and land development .I have worked in Ohio, Kentucky,…

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“A picture is worth a thousand words,” the age-old adage goes.  And this is particularly true in real estate, which is why it’s so critical for sellers to make sure their agents post polished photos that tell an accurate story about their home, while showing it in its best light. That said, in most listing systems and property flyers, you don’t have the opportunity to post a thousand words’ worth of text describing your home: you might get 100 words, at best - and many systems limit you to just a couple of hundred characters in total.
To market your home like a pro, you’ve got to make sure that every single one of these precious characters counts, adding something powerful to the…

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Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, January 10, 2013  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled new mortgage rules Thursday that are expected to change how home buyers go about getting approved for a home loan. 

Every company that issues mortgages will be required to follow the new guidelines. 

Loans that meet the agency’s new lending criteria now will be called a “qualified mortgage.” Qualified mortgages will be given protection for the bank from lawsuits filed by troubled borrowers or buyers of mortgage-backed bonds. 

A “qualified mortgage” will consist of the following:

  • Lenders must prove that income and assets are…

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Axia Home Loans - Preferred Lender for The Cascade Team Real Estate

If you are looking to purchase a new home, be sure to contact one of our Local Real Estate Agents about our lending partnership with Axia Home Loans.  Cascade Team customers have the opportunity to take advantage of additional incentives and loans with no origination fees, potentially saving you thousands on your next home purchase.  Use the mortage estimator below to determine an approximate payment and then contact us below for more information.

Call 425.214.4643 to speak with a licensed mortgage originator

 

Axia Home Loans - Preferred Lender

If you are looking to purchase a new home, be sure to contact one our of local real estate agents about our lending partnership…

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Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, January 09, 2013  

With 11 months of data reported, 2012 will clearly go down as a record year for favorable housing affordability conditions and a great year for buyers who could get a mortgage, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.

NAR’s national Housing Affordability Index stood at 198.2 in November, based on the relationship between median home price, median family income and average mortgage interest rate. The higher the index, the greater the household purchasing power; recordkeeping began in 1970.

An index of 100 is defined as the point where a median-income household has exactly enough…

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Selling a home can be stressful for the un- or under prepared consumer. Crazy expectations, market mis-education, and the common misconception that all homes sell in 30 minutes like they do on HGTV can all create a difficult environment for you and your clients.

Avoid the misunderstandings that could ruin the transaction and your chances at a commission. Check out these six script/talking points for counseling your sellers before you start marketing their home.

1. Your staging will make or break you.

“Homes that don’t show well don’t close well.”

Your sellers won’t know the importance of staging unless you first, tell them and second, show them. To get your sellers to see…

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  • Prices in King County up 18.8%.

  • Sales up 14.8%.

  • Pending Home Sales outpace new listings for 4 consecutive months.

  • Closed Sales up 11.1%.

Northwest MLS Tallies Busy December as First-time Buyers, Investors Return

KIRKLAND, Wash. (Jan. 7, 2013) – Home buyers around western Washington made offers on 5,314 residences during December, outnumbering the 3,857 owners who listed their homes for sale. The imbalance helped push up prices and further thin already depleted inventory.

While the expected seasonal slowdown occurred last month, determined buyers were undaunted by sparse inventory and record-breaking rainy days, according to December statistics from…

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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, January 07, 2013

Home prices are inching up across the country, as a housing recovery ripples through once hard-hit areas. AOL Real Estate, drawing from Trulia housing data, recently highlighted the top “turnaround housing markets” that have seen the biggest jumps in median home prices in the past year.  

  1. Las Vegas
    • Median home price for fourth quarter of 2012: $147,000
    • Difference in prices between 2011-2012: +27.5%

  2. Seattle

    • Median home price: $299,950
    • Difference in prices between 2011-2012: +24%

  3. Phoenix

    • Median home price: $189,000
    • Difference in prices…

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