Living Sort and save your vision of home When I first moved into my new place, I was naively excited for making it exactly the way I wanted...immediately. New paint, new furniture and all of it would be so stylish.
Selling Going from homeowner to home seller The following post was written by Kathryn Madison, a real estate broker out of the Windermere Portland-Raleigh Hills office.
Market News Life After The Homebuyer Tax Credit Much has been said about the expiration of the homebuyer tax that occurred at the end of last month.
More Windermere Foundation ranked in Top 25 of Corporate Philanthropists Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, On May 13th, I attended the Puget Sound Business Journal’s annual Corporate Citizenship Awards luncheon where the Windermere Foundation was honored as one of the area’s Top 25 corporate philanthropists among large companies! The Windermere Foundation ranked #23 with an amazing group of companies like Starbucks, Weyerhaeuser, REI, Boeing and […]
More Windermere Blog name winner is official: Neighborly News Neighborly News is the official new name for the Windermere Real Estate blog. Neighborly News is a blend of entries primarily inspired by Sherry Moore of Windermere Exclusive Properties in La Costa/Encinitas and her entry “A Little Neighborly Advice."
More Update on Northwest MLS You may have noticed that in the past week there haven’t been many new properties for sale online in Western Washington.
More How do you like to search for a home? "When looking at homes online what are the cool bells and whistles that keep you coming back for more?"
More Windermere Foundation Quarterly Update Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Because of you and the fantastic support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed over $268,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the West. Times are still tough for many and yet the amazing agents and staff at Windermere […]
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More 24th Annual Windermere Cup The 24th annual Windermere Cup is on the books. Each year, as part of the festivities surrounding the Opening Day of boating season, the University of Washington hosts crews from across the nation and around the world for this rowing competition.
Buying What are you afraid of? Fear. Just the word alone scares me. A well-respected real estate professional once told me that there are 4 big fears for buyers and 3 big fears for sellers.
Living Bring Earth Day into your home Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. How will you spend the day?
More Windermere Services Co. (Seattle, WA) helps kids & families at Children’s Hospital Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Windermere Services Company (Seattle, WA) donated $1,000 over the past month to help families who had a child receiving medical treatment at Children’s Hospital. Social Workers at the hospital have very few resources to turn to when advocating for families in need of financial assistance – not for medical bills, […]
More Help name this blog (and win) This Windermere Real Estate Blog needs a name. What do you think it should be?
More Welcome to the Windermere Real Estate blog We’re pretty lucky because the people we have the opportunity to serve are more than clients; they’re our friends and neighbors.
More The Goodwill Development Association receives $3,000 from Seattle offices Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, The Goodwill Development Association received $3,000 from five Seattle Windermere offices (Eastlake, Madison Park, Magnolia, Queen Anne & Wall Street). The Goodwill Development Association’s mission is to help eliminate homelessness in the Greater Seattle area by providing transitional housing for low-income and at-risk teen mothers and their children. They also […]
Market News We are actually starting to create jobs! The U.S. economy created a significant number of jobs in March. The Labor Department indicated that the economy added 162,000 jobs in March which is the strongest growth rate in over three years.
Living Doing taxes as a new homeowner The April 15th deadline to file your taxes is less than two weeks away. Worrying that things would be complicated for me as a first-time homebuyer, I had my taxes done this year by a CPA. Here are a few quick tips for fellow new homeowners that I learned from the experience.
Market News Market soup Recently, Jamie Johnson, one of our Windermere Agents in Camano Island shared a great analogy about the current market that I would like to share with you.
Buying Questions to ask your home inspector To get a quality home inspection, ask the right questions before you put your inspector to work. Here are some of the basics.
More Bryant Elementary receives $5,000 grant from Windermere Real Estate Company’s Foundation fund Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, The Windermere Real Estate Company, which is comprised of 6 Seattle offices (Green Lake, Lake Forest Park, Lakeview, Northgate, Sand Point & Wedgwood), recently donated $5,000 to Bryant Elementary’s Families In Need Fund. The goal for this fund is to provide students with a rich elementary school experience so they […]