Market News How new finance legislation affects home owners, buyers and sellers Many home owners, buyers, and sellers have been carefully watching the new federal finance package passed on January 1, 2013 by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. This is because it included automatic tax increases as well as federal spending cuts that involve real estate programs.
Buying New Year’s Tips for the Home Aficionado Now that the end of the year is upon us, it’s time to start thinking about some New Year resolutions. At Windermere, our resolutions change very little year after year. That’s because the highest expectation we can set for ourselves is to anticipate and respond to the needs of our clients, while supporting the communities in which we serve.
More Happy Holidays From Windermere From everyone in the Windermere family, we wish you and yours Happy Holidays!
More Happy Holidays! We hope you are enjoying the holiday season! December is always a busy time of the year, with presents to shop for, gifts to wrap, decorations to hang, and friends and family to entertain.. With Hanukkah in full swing and Christmas and New Years right around the corner, we thought we would share with you some of our favorite holiday resources from our Windermere Real Estate Pinterest page.
More It Can Happen to Anybody When the Foundation was established in 1989, our focus was homeless families. We’ve since realized that keeping families in their homes has many obvious benefits, so most of our support is now directed to programs with goals of preventing families from becoming homeless.
Market News Gardner Report, Oregon & Southwest Washington | third quarter 2012, Volume X IX In the third quarter of 2012, the region sold 11,091 units of resale housing with the year-to-date figure of 30,485 units. The year-to-date figure was 13% higher than that seen in the same period of 2011, but sales slowed by 6% from Q2—likely a function of limited inventory for sale, a common theme across the whole of the United States.
Living Thanksgiving: a Year in Reflection The past year has been an exciting one for all of us at Windermere. We have so much to be thankful for, not the least of which is the opportunity to help our clients with all of their buying and selling needs. We would love to hear about your greatest accomplishments in 2012 and how you express your gratitude.
Living Damage Control: Preparing for Winter Storms Last week we shared tips for preventive home maintenance to help you and your home fare better through the winter months. This week we want to take this topic a bit further by focusing on disaster preparedness. No one wants to think about disasters, but being organized can help bring you and your family a peace of mind.
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Market News Gardner Report, Western Washington | third quarter 2012, Volume X IX Windermere Real Estate is proud to partner with Gardner Economics on this analysis of the Western Washington real estate market. This report is designed to offer insight into the realities of the housing market. Our goal is to provide an explanation of what the statistics mean and how they impact the Western Washington housing economy.
More Veterans, Thank You for Your Service To our Veterans, thank you for your service and dedication. We are proud to work alongside you.
More Greater Seattle Eastside Offices Give $140,000 to Local Organizations When we work together, we truly can make a huge difference in the lives of our neighbors! Ten of our offices in the greater Seattle area team up every year for fundraising and giving. This year they exceeded everyone’s expectations, giving $140,000 to organizations and programs that benefit low-income and homeless families in their local communities.
Living Preventive home maintenance It is storm season, and between British Columbia earthquakes, Hawaiian Island tsunamis and East Coast “Frankenstorms”, it is time to take a few minutes to think about storm preparedness and making sure you and your home are as ready as possible for whatever nature throws your way this fall and winter.
More Community Service Day Southwest Event Recap Last Friday, Windermere offices in California, Nevada, and Arizona took some time off from selling houses to make a big difference in their communities. Over the past week, we have heard some remarkable stories about the rewards of volunteering as a part of our annual Community Service Day.
More Windermere Foundation Quarterly Report Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we have raised over $885,000 – up 13% from this time last year! Funds raised will be distributed to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the western U.S.
More Community Service Day Southwest On Friday, October 19th, Windermere offices in Arizona, California, and Nevada will be closed for a very special reason. For the past 28 years, Windermere has dedicated the third Friday of October to our annual Community Service Day*
Market News How the Job Market Impacts Your Home Buying Decision The decision to buy a home rests on many factors. In addition to the obvious ones – the ability to qualify for a loan, finding a home that you want to buy, seeing a housing market that is either stable or starting to appreciate – we need confidence in the economy and, specifically, the job market
Buying When searching for homes online, are you really seeing everything that’s for sale? Today the WAV Group, one of the largest real estate consulting firms in the nation, published the results of an independent study that compared listing information on real estate brokerage websites like Windermere.com with those of national real estate portals, such as Zillow and Trulia.
More Windermere Redding, Making Wishes Come True On Friday, October 5, Windermere’s Redding office will host its first annual Fashion Show and Fundraiser at the WinRiver Casino. The net proceeds raised will go to the local Make-A-Wish and Wings of Angels Foundations. Funds will be used to raise awareness about cancer and other illnesses, as well as to celebrate the strength of the area’s young survivors.
Selling Home Staging tips With a little time, effort and imagination, you can stage your home to showcase its best features, sell it faster and get top dollar.
More September Perspectives: Open Houses What hasn’t changed? The time-honored tradition of Sunday open houses. What has changed is how buyers find out about open houses and search for homes.