Whether you’re a cat person, a dog person or something in between you may be impacted by the “pet restrictions” that are part of your next home purchase.  When pet policies are part of a home’s or condo’s rules they can affect both your personal uses and investment potential.

For instance, in the Seattle market, I heard an interesting statistic that more home owners have pets than children (more…)

Seattle City Council has just adopted an updated plan for row-homes, townhomes, and cottages.  The first decade of the millennium was full of new construction and a majority of designs in Seattle were the townhomes.   

I don’t want to give you the wrong idea; I do not have anything against (more…)

When working with a homebuyer, I don’t start off by asking, “How much are you approved for buying?”  The better question is, “How much of a payment is comfortable for you?”  Typically, a homebuyer is pre-approved for an amount that is more than what they are willing to pay monthly.  (more…)

When a homebuyer is purchasing a residential property, the seller is required to provide them with a Seller’s Disclosure Statement to detail any pre-existing conditions.  Now, the million dollar question is whether or not everything in the disclosure statement is 100% true.  Is it fact or fiction? 

 Consider that the homeowner is (more…)

FHA has been sustaining first time homebuyer market and lower price point homes through the collapse of the real estate market.  Now that the market is slowly on its way to recovery, FHA is not so subtly backing away from their low down payment options, making it harder for a lot of homebuyers to buy their first home.  (more…)