Entries Tagged as ‘General’

August 16, 2007

Investing in European Real Estate, and you won’t believe the location!

According to Reuters, overseas property investors are doubling their money in POLAND, or so their data shows.

If you want to read more about this, off-hand I have two links for you to consider: a fellow blogger “The Old Vic” who resides in the United Kingdom and has a blog article about this topic and then [...]

August 16, 2007

What if you’re look for or selling an “Exceptional” or “Finer” home?

When you’re the owner of a “Fine” home, you know that the average marketing attempt done by most real estate companies (or worse yet, the limited marketing done by limited service companies), may not be what you had in mind to promote your home to purchasers of “Finer” residences.
 In a world of ‘hurry-up-and-git-’er-done’ sort of [...]

August 15, 2007

Take A NEW Kind of Virtual Home Tour!

Coldwell Banker Bain Takes Home Selling to a New Dimension!
Once again maintaining our position as a leader in new web technology, I am proud to announce that CBBain is the first real estate company to market an actual home for sale in Second Life®! This virtual community will allow users – or “avatars”– to tour [...]

August 9, 2007

Would you like to live on Lake Washington?

There are some fabulous homes for sale along Lake Washington, but if you’d like “a little sum-thin’ special”, how about this one?
 
For a mere $11.8m you too, can be the proud owner of 100 feet of low-bank Lake Washington waterfront! 

 
Check this out:
    - 7,510 sq. ft. house
   - Five bedrooms and SEVEN bathrooms
   - Slate [...]

August 8, 2007

Mortgage Market View-Current State of Mortgage Financing: What’s Going On?

Anyone watching or reading the financial news over the last few days and weeks has seen a lot of angst and consternation over the state of the mortgage industry. In fact, one of the larger lenders in the US, American Home Mortgage, was forced to shut down operations last week. But why? What is happening, [...]

August 8, 2007

Forecast for the week…

Whew!  After a busy week of expected and unexpected news last week, the economic report calendar becomes very tame this coming week, only populated with a handful of low-level reports. In fact, the week’s only major event takes place on Tuesday with the release of the Fed’s latest interest rate decision and monetary Policy Statement. [...]

August 8, 2007

The Good, Bad or Ugly - Week of 7/29-8/4 in Review

GOOD, BAD OR UGLY?
All of the above, if we’re looking at last week and home loan rates. Good news came in the form of friendly inflation and employment news, which helped rates on conforming home loans improve by about .125% over the course of the week. “Conforming” home loans are those under $417K, and subject [...]

August 7, 2007

New disclosure laws, now in effect as of July ‘07

  
If you haven’t heard the news, the Washington State Legislature has changed laws pertaining to Sellers and the disclosures they make about the homes and properties for sale as of end of July 2007.
This could mean a lot to you financially, whether you are on the selling OR the buying side!
If you’re time is too [...]

August 7, 2007

Searching for a “Green” home?

 
Searching for a Green Home Now Available on the NWMLS!
Northwest Multiple Listing Service, the largest full-service MLS in the Northwest, is enhancing its listing forms and database so properties with certain environmental certifications, energy efficient features and sustainable materials may be readily identified. The changes culminate months of research, discussion and programming modifications, according to Jack [...]

April 1, 2007

Most Expensive Home in the Seattle area…

Curious what a $40m property looks like in the Seattle area?  Have you been thinking that $1m will get you into some high-class digs?
It so happens that the $40m property is currently being represented by a top-flight team of Coldwell Banker Bain professionals and has gained quite a bit of notarity in the local press, along [...]