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For the 14th year, The Cascade Team is once again hosting Project Crayon Drive this April! For the young who find themselves at Seattle Children’s Hospital, sometimes the simple things like a coloring book and a few crayons can be as soothing as the trained staff and smiling doctors. Yet, something as simple as crayons often goes overlooked. Each year, Children’s Hospital goes through over 240,000 crayons, but each child only gets a couple to use.

And that’s where The Cascade Team — in partnership with the Children’s Hospital Guild Association and several area merchants — comes in. Throughout the month of April, agents from The…

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Welcome To The Cascade Team Virginia Carter!

I am well versed with a variety of nationalities and their specific customs and tastes, having worked in the medical and Real Estate industries in Houston.  My first career was as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.  I worked in the ICU, at The Texas Heart Institute, with post-op heart and transplant patients.  The transition to Real Estate almost 20 years ago, was easy.  Both involve taking care of people, under potential stressful situations.

The market here in Issaquah/Sammamish is fast paced.  I assist my clients in quickly identifying practical and achievable criteria. Buying or Selling a home is a process.  I offer my guidance and experience to make this as easy as possible for my clients.  My…

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Welcome To The Cascade Team Susan Berry!

I decided to enter the world of real estate to join my friends, Paul and Nancy Schulte, in a new adventure - The Cascade Team Indiana!  I was a nurse manager (RN) in the hospital setting before staying home to raise my 3 children, Daniel (24), Lizzie (22) and Quentin (17).  I bring management experience from my days as a surgical services coordinator and a genuine love of helping people to my new career.  My certification in home staging will allow me to flex my creative muscle to help my clients list their homes and is augmented by my 25+ years of home ownership experiences.  I am excited for the opportunities ahead!

OUR LOCAL REAL ESTATE TEAM

Cascade Team Real Estate agents are proactive in serving…

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KIRKLAND, Washington (April 5, 2019) - Both pending sales and new listing activity around Western Washington surged during March as buyers, sellers, and brokers emerged from February's record snowfall.

Brokers added 10,516 new listings of single family homes and condos to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service inventory last month, the highest monthly volume since August 2018. Compared to the same month a year ago, new listings across the 23 counties in the report were down slightly (79 fewer units).

MLS members also reported 10,261 pending sales during the same timeframe, the highest number of mutually accepted offers since July, and nearly matching the year-ago total of 10,311.

"After the housing adjustment in 2018, this year's spring market is…

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Welcome To The Cascade Team Hannah Burroughs!

 Paired with a fresh outlook on technology and marketing, the tools by Cascade, and a drive to help people find their potential family homes, I look forward to building and continuing positive relationships with clients and businesses and working for Cascade!

OUR LOCAL REAL ESTATE TEAM

Cascade Team Real Estate agents are proactive in serving their customers, studying the market and touring homes, so they can provide the most accurate housing market data for their clients. This helps you better understand the competitive environment, pricing strategies and provides an edge in the negotiation process.  Our goal is to always meet and exceed your expectations.  We look forward to the opportunity of…

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‘Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,’ says HUD secretary.

By Russell Brandom:

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has filed charges against Facebook for housing discrimination, escalating the company’s ongoing fight over discrimination in its ad targeting system. The charges build on a complaint filed in August, finding that there is reasonable cause to believe Facebook has served ads that violate the Fair Housing Act.

“Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a statement. “Using a computer to limit a person’s housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone’s face.”

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Sammamish, Woodinville, Snoqualmie and more make the list!

Looking at this following list there is also a definite correlation between the wealthiest zip codes and the highest housing prices as well. Feel free to use our advanced search function here and check out any of the zip codes yourself!

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Using IRS data, we were able to get a snapshot of how much money people from Washington state earned in 2016, the most recent year they have numbers for. And of the top 20 wealthiest zip codes in the state, all 20 have an average income of more than $130,000.

The average income is calculated as an average of all the tax returns from each zip code.

While zip codes can often cover more than one locale, this (and last) year's…

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Welcome To The Cascade Team Alicia Ewbank!

Alicia comes to The Cascade Team with experience and wants to continue to offer value to her clients. She loves DIY projects and thinks the best part about traveling is being on the plane. We are excited to see what she does!

 

OUR LOCAL REAL ESTATE TEAM

Cascade Team Real Estate agents are proactive in serving their customers, studying the market and touring homes, so they can provide the most accurate housing market data for their clients. This helps you better understand the competitive environment, pricing strategies and provides an edge in the negotiation process.  Our goal is to always meet and exceed your expectations.  We look forward to the opportunity of working with you on your next real…

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Your Home is your greatest investment! Know these questions and answers before you interview! The difference can cost you thousands!

1. What is your fee, what services do you provide?

1% LISTING FEE – FULL SERVICE  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

2 Given the current market, when is the best time to list my home?

The best time to sell in 2019 is NOW. Inventory is expected to increase dramatically in March and April, shifting to a buyer’s market by May. Predictions are for the highest number of new listing to hit the market in 5 years by May. Last year on Snoqualmie Ridge Sellers who did not list early and decided to wait until May / June wound up selling for approximately $60,000 LESS than if they had listing in February / March.  CLICK HERE FOR…

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The NWMLS latest Press Release showed an Icy February market.  A reflection on the weather?  Some think so, and I happen to agree!  Although inventory levels rose, pending homes dropped.  The snow certainly had an effect on people's ability to get around (myself included!) which only makes sense the market had less than normal activity.  Here are a few key points:

  • February pending sales dropped nearly 14 percent.
  • Showing activity dropped more than 41 percent the week of the heaviest snow.
  • Inventory levels show a 42.3 percent jump from twelve months ago.
  • Prices appear to have bottomed out to around year-ago levels.
  • As February temperatures plunged, prices in most counties started heating up, rising from a year ago as well as when…

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