Your Guide to the Seattle Real Estate Market
A huge congratulations to our very own Jillayne Schlicke on making this year’s list of the 100 Most influential Real Estate Leaders! Here’s how they describe her: Jillayne Schlicke is a researcher, writer and educator who advocates that real estate and mortgage industry professionals maintain a high level of training and ethical standards. As CEO [...]
In August of 2005, our real estate market crashed. It’s been five years and we’re slowly trying to get back on our f
I’m going to be in town this week and thought it would be fun to organize a tweetup this Friday at the Elysian Brewery i
It has often been said that we have even more of a bubble in real estate agents than we have in real estate prices. In fact we have had three concurrent bubbles – house prices, number of purchases, and number of agents. Unfortunately for the members of the residential real estate sales profession, we are [...]
It’s been 4 years – let’s reminisce for a moment, shall we? I remember. I also remember incurring the wrath of the bubble blogger set with a slightly too subtle dig at the no bubble stance. For the record I said that saying there is no bubble was a “crazy statement.” But my predictions (which [...]
Can you tell me where I can find a list of all the Open Houses that are happening in my area this Sunday? I’ve been asked this question lots of times and I have always had to answer, “I’m sorry. There is no single, good source. Everyplace is going to list the ones they are [...]
A real estate broker who operates in 23 states has filed a complaint with Federal authorities against the local MLS for “restraint of trade” practices, according to Inman News. Ryan Gehris, who is a broker of record for flat-fee real estate company Housepad.com in 10 of those states, alleges that the North Carolina MLS’s requirement [...]
Everyone who is going to buy or sell a house in 2009, should answer this question before choosing an agent: Are you looking for a Leader-Agent, or are you looking for a Follower-Agent? For those who have never heard of Seth Godin and/or Tribes, the hyperlinked words in this sentence are links to valuable resources, in that regard. Now…forget [...]
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