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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, August 20, 2012

 

Home sellers are more than twice as likely to get their homes sold if they use a Real Estate Agent rather than trying to sell their home on their own, according to a new survey conducted by HomeGain of 400 home owners nationwide from July 31 to Aug. 10.

Seventy-three percent of the home owners surveyed said they used a Real Estate Agent On the other hand, 21 percent of those surveyed said they tried to sell their home themselves.

The survey found that 66 percent of the home owners who used a Real Estate Agent were able to successfully sell their home compared to 30 percent of for-sale-by-owners.

What’s more, the survey found that 22 percent…

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Last week in review (August 6 - 10, 2012)

After a volatile week in the markets, you may be wondering where bonds and home loan rates go from here. Read on for details.

There were only two economic reports released last week, and the news from them was mixed. Productivity rose 1.6% in the 2nd quarter of 2012. Higher productivity signals that companies are squeezing more out of their current employees and may not add workers, which could slow job growth. There was a bit of good news on the labor front, though, as Initial Jobless Claims came in below expectations, declining to 361,000.

Also of note, the Fed's Eric Rosengren stated that the current U.S. economic outlook calls for another round of bond buying (known as Quantitative Easing, or…

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The Cascade Team Mobile MLS phone App. allows consumers to view all available MLS listing information on homes for sale around them anytime, anywhere, from the convenience of their cell phone,  iPhone or Blackberry on any service provider. You can search for properties based on your GPS location, address, city or zip code. The application shows detailed MLS information, including price, beds/baths, Sqft, lot size, taxes, estimated mortgage, school…

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We are happy to welcome a new Stager to The Cascade Team family.

Please feel free to start using Kim’s services immediately.

About Kim

 

I started Arrange It Home Staging as an outlet for my creative abilities and desire to decorate. I always have had a strong appreciation of how furniture, accessories and color can dramatically make a difference in the energy of a room and on the home as a whole.

My background includes over 25 years in floral design and decorating, corporate experience in sales and event management and several volunteer dedications.

Staging was the obvious career choice for me. My natural draw toward design and high energy personality lend well to being a successful stager. I enjoy all aspects of staging, from the first…

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KIRKLAND, Wash. (July 5, 2012) – June may have been cooler and wetter than normal, but weather did not seem to deter home buyers and sellers around western Washington. "Close-in Seattle neighborhoods have been experiencing the most intense buyer activity since 2006," one broker remarked.

Figures just released by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service show 8,577 sellers accepted offers on their homes and condominiums last month. That volume of pending sales across 21 counties was 13.8 percent higher than the same month a year ago, according to the MLS report.

Closed sales also reflected signs of a recovering market, with upticks in both volume and prices. Through the first six months of 2012 closings are up 14.4 percent (29,777 versus…

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Daily Real Estate News | Monday, June 18, 2012  

If you have a “pinball” or “setup” home you’re trying to sell, you may inadvertently be helping other real estate professionals sell homes similar to yours that are more reasonably priced.

The terms “pinball” and “setup” are being used by real estate brokerages to refer to a “house listed with an unrealistically high asking price that pulls in lots of visits by agents and shoppers but no offers,” The Miami Herald explains in a recent article.

The overpriced listings often are shown by other real estate agents to their clients to make lower priced, similar homes look even…

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Snoqualmie Ridge Community Information

It's a place made up of neighbors who genuinely care. Snoqualmie Ridge is the answer for homeowners looking for a place to live, work and play. It's the spirit of community.  With miles of trails, lots of parks and a quaint retail center, Snoqualmie Ridge is an thriving masterplanned communnity with growing real estate development.

Charming Planned Community

Homeowners enjoy the stunning natural beauty of more than 1,343 acres of the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Snoqualmie Ridge is located near Snoqualmie Falls and the historic town of Snoqualmie. Plus over 40 percent of the community has been set aside as open space, including amazing parks and trails, preserved wetlands and the Jack Nicklaus Signature TPC Golf…

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Daily Real Estate News |      Tuesday, May 29, 2012  

Prices of for-sale homes are on the rise in several metro areas. According to Realtor.com, which tracks 146 metro markets, the following areas have seen their median list prices increase the most from March to April:

1. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.

Monthly median list price increase: 7.90 percetn

Median list price: $199,500

2. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, Calif.

Monthly median list price increase: 7.07 percent

Median list price: $545,000

3. Detroit

Monthly median list price increase:…

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The Cascade Team is now the ONLY Real Estate Brokerage in the United States to offer RecallChek to the public. Up until today, this program was only offered directly to inspection companies that then re-sell the product to consumers (Typically for $39.95). Through The Cascade Team however, for only $19.95 our clients, friends, family, and of course our agents can enter their home information and the automated RecallChek system will search through millions of recalled items and let the home owner know if something in their home is on the list. On average 1 out of every 10 homes has a recalled item. Then on an ongoing basis RecallChek will submit your homes information every month and alert you to any undated recalls….. Get new appliances? No problem.…

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