Living Fruit trees for a small garden I have a very small backyard, but I still dream of planting a garden with a few fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, kale or strawberries.
More MultiCare’s Tree House project receives over $4,000 from Tacoma Professional Partners Greetings from the Windermere Foundation,  Professional Partners (Tacoma and Tacoma North) donated over $4,000 to MultiCare’s Tree House project – a project that fills a very important need. Imagine you had a child in the hospital, fighting for life, and while you of course would want to stay near your child, what if you lived far away?  And… what […]
Market News You get one chance to make a first impression Studies indicate that buyers decide if they’re interested within the first 30 seconds of entering a home.
Selling Staging your home – Pink Flamingos not included I overheard two agents giving each other advice about how to politely help their sellers relocate their pink flamingo display and car collection off the front yard before putting the homes on the market.
Market News The market is finding stability The last decade has been a wild ride for homeowners, real estate professionals and most balance sheets.
More Hillsboro, OR Office Donates $4,000 to Important Causes Greetings from the Windermere Foundation,  Community Warehouse is a volunteer based non-profit that collects donations of household goods and distributes them to families in need. Their mission is to provide the basic necessities to set up a home for a family in crisis. They impact the lives of over 3,300 families per year – 80% […]
More Winter Olympics inspired neighborhoods What is it about watching the Olympics and events like snowboardcross that has me daydreaming about moving to a mountain lodge with an endless supply of hot cocoa?
Selling Top five words of advice for a seller today As a seller today you are faced with a challenge when it comes to selling your home for a fair price and getting it done in a reasonable amount of time. Even though inventory is lower than it was five months ago, we are still looking at about 9 months of inventory in many areas.
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More Eastside Baby Corner Gets Help From Windermere Foundation Greetings from the Windermere Foundation,  Windermere Property Management Lori Gill and Associates (Bellevue, Lake Forest Park, Vashon Island and Edmonds), just donated $1500 to Eastside Baby Corner, an amazing organization run predominately by volunteers. EBC has been serving families (babies/children) in need since 1990. Their mission is to make a positive difference in the lives […]
More What do Windermere agents talk about when they get together? On Friday, February 5th, the largest gathering of Windermere associates took place at Benaroya Hall in Seattle to kick-off a new year. Over 2200 of us discussed a wide-range of topics from current market statistics to thoughts about what’s ahead in 2010.
More First 20 years of the Windermere Foundation The Windermere Foundation was founded in 1989 to support non-profit organizations dedicated to serving homeless and low-income children and families.
More News from the Foundation Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, We are celebrating our 20th anniversary and we have much to celebrate! Collectively, we have raised over 21 million dollars since 1989 allowing us to help hundreds of thousands of low-income and homeless families. While the past year presented challenges for many, it proved to be especially trying for anyone […]
More Children’s amazing free-throw skills lead to contribution from Windermere Foundation Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, On Saturday, children from the local University YMCA participated in a fun free-throw contest during halftime of the Apple Cup of men’s basketball (University of Washington vs. Washington State University). For each free-throw the children made, the Windermere Foundation contributed $100 to the YMCA benefiting its sports programs. These talented […]
Buying Find your real estate agent You have many tough choices to make as you start looking for the home of your dreams and prepare to make one of the largest financial decisions of your life.
Living Get in on the trend – just add turquoise The people who decide which colors are “in” and which are “out” have announced that turquoise is “in.” And it is the official "color of the year.”
Buying Top five words of advice for a buyer today Do you want to find your perfect home for a fair price and make your move in a reasonable amount of time?
Living What is a house? What does the Internet say we think about our homes in 2010?
More What is success? I’ve never really defined whatever we’ve accomplished at Windermere in terms of success or failure; rather, it is what we value.
Living Five quick tips to organize your home Oh, the beginning of a new year. Full of hope to finally do those things we said we’d do last year – and the year before that.
More South King County Windermere offices raise over $10,000 for the Windermere Foundation at winter fundraising event The South King County Group of Windermere Offices recently held a very fun and successful Foundation Wine Tasting Fundraiser. The original goal was to raise $8000 after expenses. The actual amount ended up over $10,300! This amount, added to many contributions over the last several months, meant that the offices were able to grant $16,000 […]