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Uncategorized I Didn’t Wait for the “Perfect” Rate, and Neither Should You Did I really buy a condo with interest rates over 7%? Yep. I did. And you might be wondering… Why would you do that right now? Because I still believe real estate can be a great long-term investment—even when the headlines aren’t exactly encouraging.  Here’s what I did: 🏠 Original list price: $338,000 💰 What […]
Uncategorized The Little Things That Make a House Feel Like Home…. I’ve walked through a lot of homes over the years, and one thing I’ve noticed is that it’s rarely the biggest or fanciest features that make a home memorable. Sometimes it’s something really simple. It’s the way the morning light comes through the kitchen window. It’s a backyard that makes you immediately picture summer evenings […]
Uncategorized A Quick Look at the Numbers: Higher Price, Lower Interest or Lower Price, Higher Interest? Affordability is the biggest barrier to home ownership in Washington State, with economic uncertainty following close behind.   Many people want to buy but just don’t feel like they can.  There are also many who actually can, but are choosing to wait for interest rates to come down, thinking they’ll save money.  Everyone is secretly hoping […]
Uncategorized Setting Intentions Instead of Resolutions I love me a fresh start!  I love new challenges, new weeks, new months, new years, new anything.  However, according to U.S. News, 80% is the estimated failure rate for New Year’s Resolutions, by mid-February.  By the time someone is my age and they’ve made the same “resolution” for 20+ years, do they even really […]
Uncategorized How’s the Market? I am asked this question, more than any other question having to do with real estate.  I love the discussion, but the actual question is so vague, it’s sometimes hard to answer.  Imagine being asked, “how’s life?”.  Each separate area of your life could be in a different place at the same time. (professional, personal, […]
Uncategorized Fall Home Maintenance Tips Fall is my Favorite Season, but suddenly it Feels COLD!  The first frost in the Greater Seattle Area is usually before the end of October, and the cold and dark can wreak havoc on your home if you don’t take a few precautions.  I’ve put together a list of some recommended home maintenance tips that […]
Uncategorized The Media Missed the Mark on This. Have you read the headlines “How Buying Homes is About to Change?” or “Home Sellers Win $1.8 Billion After Jury Finds Conspiracy Among Realtors?”  These headlines are reporting on a judgement against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and some brokerages for conspiring to artificially inflate agent commissions.  Let me first say, there are several […]
Uncategorized Setting Intentions Instead of Resolutions I love me a fresh start!  I love new challenges, new weeks, new months, new years, new anything.  However, according to U.S. News, 80% is the estimated failure rate for New Year’s Resolutions, by mid-February.  By the time someone is my age and they’ve made the same “resolution” for 20+ years, do they even really […]
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Uncategorized Pssst, I’ve Got a Secret… STOP over-analyzing opinions regarding real estate, no one actually knows what’s going to happen!  Financial analysts, mortgage lenders, real estate gurus, news anchors and your very own real estate agents are all trying to figure out and advise on what’s going to happen to interest rates and the real estate market in general.  Everyone is […]
Uncategorized Enjoying Your Community I recently joined the Lynnwood Chamber of Commerce and was given the opportunity to create a member spotlight that introduced myself and my connection to Lynnwood.  It was very surprising to me actually how connected I am to this community and I hadn’t thought about the fact that I live in Lynnwood, my office is […]
Uncategorized Does Buying your First Home Feel Impossible? Let me start this discussion with my personal story.  When I decided to leave my marriage after 20 years, I was starting over with very little money and average credit.  Buying a home on my own felt impossible but I knew if I was ever going to build any wealth to pass on to my […]
Uncategorized Success in Selling One of my favorite definitions of the word success is “when preparation meets opportunity”.  If you’re prepared and there’s no opportunity or worse yet, the opportunity arises and you’re not prepared, you risk finding any success at all.  As a real estate broker, I see this all the time!   Many people who weren’t “ready” to […]
Uncategorized We’re Moving Toward Spring and the Real Estate Market is Coming out of Hibernation! The real estate market was relatively quiet in the latter part of 2022.  Fewer listings, fewer buyers, lower inventory, longer days on market, etc.  That’s about to change……Here are a few things were seeing in the market today Buyers Buyers are getting back in the game!  In early 2022, a combination of rising interest rates, […]
Uncategorized Gratitude in Uncertainty 2022 was a year of big changes for me.  I decided early in the year that my real estate career was providing me joy, fulfillment and opportunity that my “day job” was not. I decided to resign from corporate America after almost 20 years of working in healthcare administration.  SCARY!  I had been selling real […]
Uncategorized Don’t Let These Interest Rates Scare You Out of Getting a Fantastic Deal! Yes, interest rates are 7.5%.  Yes, they were 2.5% eight months ago.  You know what else was happening eight months ago?  Houses were going for hundreds of thousands of dollars higher than they were worth.  Buyers were having to waive inspections and hope the house they bought wasn’t going to cost them significantly more than […]
Uncategorized Did I Miss My Chance to Sell My House and Make Money? Did I Miss My Chance to Sell My Home and Make Money?   Short answer? No! Sure, the local real estate market is moody, but surprisingly, there is still a housing shortage.  In Snohomish County, if no new listings came to market, every house currently listed would sell in less than a month meaning, we’d […]
Uncategorized Is the Homebuying Sky Really Falling? In the months of July and August, the Seattle area real estate market has seen a near screeching halt in buyer activity.  Buyers are tired of the extremely competitive market they’ve been fighting during the pandemic, interest rates have risen, and everyone wants to be out in the sunshine that finally decided to show up […]
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