Northwest Multiple Listing Service brokers reported double-digit gains in both pending and closed sales during April compared to a year ago, but the most eye-catching number may pertain to prices. For the first time in more than four years (since January 2008) the year-over-year change in selling prices was positive. The price gain was a…
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Alison Dudziak and Realty Executives Brio is the Business of the Day!
Alison Dudziak and Realty Executives Brio is the Eastside Business Directory Business of the Day! Here is the information from their listing in the Eastside Business Directory: Realty Executives Brio I have been a Real Estate broker for 15 years 12 of the years were In Victoria British Columbia, and the last 3 Blog this!…
Joe Spencer, Former John L. Scott President and COO Joins Keller Williams as Area Director
The Northwest Region of Keller Williams Realty, Inc., the second largest real estate franchise in the United States is pleased to announce that Joe Spencer has been appointed Area Director for the Northwest Region. Spencer will be part of the team that leads the 28 Keller Williams Market Centers and over 3,000 associates in Oregon,…
Washington homebuyers realizing “market may have reached bottom of cycle”
Here is the latest media release from the NWMLS: With spring on the horizon and consumer confidence on the rise, members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service are reporting positive gains in activity. Pending sales for February increased more than 27 percent from a year ago, more sellers are listing their homes, and brokers are reporting…
Diedre Haines Elected Chair of Northwest MLS
Diedre Haines, managing broker at Coldwell Banker Bain in Lynnwood, has been elected 2012 chair of the board of directors for Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Northwest MLS, based in Kirkland, is the largest full-service multiple listing service in the Northwest. Other new officers of the MLS governing body include Bobbie Petrone Chipman, vice chair; Darin…
Northwest Real Estate Brokers Describe Local Market as “Healing Itself”, Are Encouraged by the Numbers
Comparing recent local real estate sales figures to those a year ago, one might not see a huge difference in the number of pending sales, but local brokers are considering the numbers very good – and pointing to reasons such as the weather this past January and the tax credits that boosted sales a year…
Do You Use QR Codes or Text?
IF you were looking to buy a home and saw a sign on a house in a neighborhood you liked, would you: 1) Call the number on the sign 2) Text to the number on the sign rider 3) Scan the QR Code on the sign rider 4) Drive on by Blog this! Bookmark on…
Kauri Sells Office Building in Wallingford, Moving Headquarters to Bellevue
The 2400 N. 45th LLC, in which Kauri is the managing member, sold its office building at 2400 45th Street North for $2.4 million and plans to move its headquarters to Bellevue. The LLC purchased the building in 2004 for $1.25 million. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on…
Local Real Estate Market Described as “Healthy” as Inventory and Prices Decline
Home sales finished the year much stronger than they started, with pending sales for the fourth quarter outgaining the first quarter by more than 3,000 transactions for a 21 percent increase, according to new figures from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. A year-over-year comparison shows December’s pending sales (mutually accepted offers) rose more than 20 percent…
Northwest Home sales outpace number of new listings for first time in five years
Northwest Multiple Listing Service members reported 6,103 pending sales during November, marking the seventh straight month of double-digit year-over-year increases. Last month’s total number of mutually accepted offers was 22.4 percent higher than the same month a year ago. It also marked the first month since December 2006 that the number of pending sales surpassed…
