Buying How to Find the Right Real Estate Agent for You! If you are buying or selling your home, you will want to find a real estate agent that you like and trust. Windermere agents, Marguerite Giguere and Anne Jones have some great tips on how to find a real estate agent, make sure they will fit your needs and set expectations.
More Perspectives: 2016 Forecast This is an election year. Economists tell us that nothing out of the ordinary typically happens to the U.S. economy in an election year – even in one as crazy as this one is turning out to be. That being said, it doesn’t mean the economy will stop growing or that the housing market will come to a standstill. In fact, according to Windermere’s Chief Economist, Matthew Gardner, employment....
More Celebrating the Windermere Foundation with a Week of Gratitude! Starting today, we are celebrating the generosity of our agents with the “Windermere Week of Gratitude”. Over the next five days we will share stories about the Windermere Foundation and the types of services we support. Kicking it all off is this video which highlights how the Windermere Foundation is helping to make a positive difference in the lives of our neighbors in need.
Living Keeping Up with the Joneses: Seven Phases of Home Renovation We haven’t blogged in a while . . . and that’s because we’ve put a slightly unintentional pause on our renovation projects. If you’ve ever done a project around the house, you may have found yourselves in one of these seven stages.
Selling What Home Buyers Love & Hate Buying a home is an emotional experience and seeing a home for the first time is not unlike going on a first date. First impressions matter! Windermere agent, Nancy Chapin, has some great tips for sellers who want to put their best home forward.
More #YourStoryIsOurStory: Home Shopping a State Away Karina and Julio fell in love with Portland, Oregon one summer and spent three years considering a move from San Francisco, to the City of Roses. When they finally did decide to make the move, Windermere Agent, Allan Dushan was able to help them through the entire process. Karina and Julio went back to San Francisco, and trusted Allan to find their dream home.
Living Keeping up with the Joneses: Giving Our Fireplace a Facelift While we were willing to do some major updates to the bathroom, plumbing and electrical, we decided to pick a few areas of our 1940s fixer to do some smaller, mostly cosmetic updates. One of these projects included giving the fireplace a little facelift to bring it into this century.
Living Keeping up with the Joneses: The Guest Room, Part I Before we started our renovations, we didn't plan to do much to the basement guest room: maybe a little paint, installing some blinds for the window. My wife, Jenn, thought we'd buy a bench to put at the end of the bed for linen storage. Then Demo Day One happened. Within an hour, it was clear we would be a few weeks out from painting. In order to paint, you needed walls.
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Living Keeping up with the Joneses: Would You do a DIY Home Renovation again? See what Windermere Real Estate agent, Tyler Davis Jones and his wife Jenn have to say about their do-it-yourself home renovation on the blog today:
More Windermere Foundation 2015 Infographic The following infographic shows the types of services funded by the Windermere Foundation, and illustrates how even a small amount can make a big difference for low-income and homeless children and their families.
More #YourStoryIsOurStory: Building a Business with the Community in Mind Amy Allen, a Windermere Real Estate agent in Poulsbo, Washington is passionate about her work. When Gabi and Joe were ready to sell their home, they asked their community for recommendations on a real estate agent they could trust. Amy's name came up, and her reputation preceded her. She was prepared to help, every step of the way...
More YMCA Kids Hoop It Up at Half-Time Fundraiser Show Three youth from the University Family YMCA participated in this year’s event on Saturday, February 20th. The Foundation donated $100 for each free-throw that was made during the special half-time event, with a minimum $1,000 donation. The three YMCA kids put on a great show this year, wowing the crowd by making 12 baskets!
Living Keeping up with the Joneses: The Harsh Realities of Renovation Follow along with Tyler & Jenn Jones as they work through their do-it-yourself home remodel. This week the Joneses are sharing an update on their progress and some highs and lows of buying a 1940's fixer.
Living The Tax Benefits Every Homeowner Should Know About Tax breaks are available for any type of home — single-family residence, town house, mobile home, or condominium. However, to take full tax advantage of owning a home, property owners need to understand the expenses they can deduct, and learn some tips to get the most tax advantages out of home ownership.
Living 6 Ways to Incorporate the Color of the Year in Your Home The Pantone Color of the Year was announced a couple of months ago and we can’t express how awesome these colors are apart, let alone together. For the first time Pantone introduces two shades as the Color of the Year 2016: Rose Quartz and Serenity are a fusion of warm and cool; promoting not only a non-traditional color match, but also gender equality. Here are six different ways to integrate...
Living Keeping up with the Joneses: How Much Does it Cost to Update a Bathroom? (Part 2) Remember that cutesy little budget we posted late last week? There are a few things we naïvely left off that list… and I’d try to list them all but that would require getting up off the couch and digging out the 1,634 receipts from Home Depot that are currently floating around my diaper bag (along with an old banana and a jar of spackle. I'm not kidding.)
More Windermere Real Estate Shows Two Property Listings at Annual Modernism Week Event in Palm Springs In addition to great weather, beautiful scenery, world-class golf courses and fabulous shopping, Palm Springs is also full of modern era architecture that dates back to the 1950s. Each year, the city of Palm Springs shows its appreciation for these structural designs with its annual Modernism Week, a celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture, art, fashion and culture.
Living Three Projects, Three Ways: Valentine’s Gifts for Your Loved Ones Love it, or hate it, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! If you want to create a thoughtful gift for a loved one (or for yourself because you TOTALLY deserve it), try one of these easy, inexpensive, do-it-yourself Valentine’s Day ideas!
Market News Oregon and Southwest Washington Real Estate Market Update The Oregon economy continues to expand and I do not see this changing in the foreseeable future. However, similar to many West Coast markets, Oregon’s inventory constraints are becoming problematic. I believe we will see more listings come online in 2016 as home equity levels continue to expand, but unfortunately it will not be enough to meet demand...
Living Keeping up with the Joneses: How Much Does it Cost to Update a Bathroom? Ever wondered what it would cost to update your bathroom? Basic raw materials can range from $30 to…very high. We decided to spend a little bit more on some beautiful, high quality floor tile and go middle-of-the-road with our fixtures. The most cost savings will be found in labor — we are doing all of the demo and install work ourselves once the professionals are finished with the...