KIRKLAND, Wash. (July 6, 2010) – Home sales around Western and Central Washington remained sluggish, but not all the numbers were down. June’s pending sales (mutually accepted offers) outgained the total for May by 5.8 percent. Closed sales were up from both a year ago and the previous month. Brokers also applauded congressional approval of [...]

We Need Your Votes For BlueScape as The People’s Choice Innovator Award You can’t spell innovation without “C and B!” Inman has announced the finalists for the 2010 Inman Innovator Awards and Coldwell Banker is the only national real estate brand with multiple finalist entries for both the new BlueScape search and our consumer blog [...]

The Vacation Home Market is Also Showing Strong Signs of Recovery!  The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that the vacation home market is showing signs of recovery, with sales up nearly 8% and increased prices (up nearly 13%) following three years of declines.  A new trend in second homes and vacation homes sales is [...]

KIRKLAND, Wash. (March 4, 2010) – Northwest Multiple Listing Service members reported strong gains in home sales during February, with brokers pointing to several encouraging signs for a busy spring season. Improving consumer confidence and a looming deadline for homebuyer tax credits are helping to boost activity, according to NWMLS officials. “We are entering what [...]

Is Your Home Worth More or Less Than The Assessed Value? Have you ever wondered how assessed value relates to market price?  Should you use assessed value to determine how much to offer on a property or home you wish to purchase? Many Skagit County homes and property were given new assessed values recently, causing property [...]

  One of the great benefits to living in Anacortes is that so many fun destinations a just a short side-trip out-of-town.   One of my family’s favorite is to head for Bow, about 20 min. away from Anacortes.  We drive east on Hwy 20 Spur towards I-5, but turn left on Bay  View Edison Rd. following the coastline [...]

Samish Island is a beautiful island!  Samish Island is not very well known because there are only 300 homes on the island, very few properties come for sale each year.  Many first time visitors become aware of Samish Island because of Camp Kirby, a children’s camp founded in 1923 that is owned and operated by Camp Fire USA.  Originally the [...]