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Unlock Your Dream Sale: Olympia Home Sales Forecasts a Booming 1st Quarter in 2024

Great New Lending Rates to Kick Off 2024 VA Zero Down 5.99 percent Apr 6.309 percent FHA 5.944 percent APR 6.926 percent Conventional...

Understanding the Home Appraisal Process

The home appraisal process can be one of the most important steps in buying or selling a home. Appraisals help determine the market value...

3 Upgrades That Boost Your Health and Make Your Home a Better Place to Live

Image via Unsplash No home is completely free of toxins, dust, and other allergens, but a few upgrades can help to make your house a...

August Update

Fires Still Raging in California The Carr Fire—the largest of the 17 currently ravaging Northern California, and the fourth most...

Tiny homes, overseas investors and home values at pre-recession levels.

Tiny Houses come with Big Problems When Tom Alsani heard about plans for a tiny-home community in St. Petersburg, Fla., he got so excited...

Chinese Investors Make Seattle #4!

This year is the first in five years that Seattle has been displaced from second place to fourth place. The U.S. is the top destination...

Rent Rates Rising, Canada Thaws and People Live in Tacoma Longer...What?

Rental Rates Continue to Rise! Renters nationwide are out of luck — the average cost of rent jumped nearly 3 percent in April to an...

Finding that Starter Home - 5 Key Tips

(TNS)—First-time homebuyers might well wonder: Where are all the starter houses? They’re right to ask, because starter homes are becoming...

The Truth Behind the 12 Days of Christmas

The Conspiracy! As we celebrate this Christmas with friends and family feel free to surprise them with a bit of trivia. You know a secret...

The Hidden Costs of Home Ownership that your Realtor May Not Tell You!

Budgeting for buying a home can be difficult enough when you're just weighing mortgage options and a purchase price. But there are many...