Real Estate Market Updates & Insight

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About Kari Haas Experienced Real Estate Broker Gives Strategies for Success in Today’s Market In November I was invited to appear on The Money Hour hosted by Tina Mitchell on 1150 AM KKNW. The guest panel included: Randy Bannecker – President of Bannecker Public Affairs and founding partner of ClearPath Partners Kari Haas – Managing Real Estate Broker of Kari Haas Real Estate Team, associated with Windermere Real Estate […]
Real Estate Market Updates & Insight Eastside Real Estate November Statistics What’s New in the Eastside Real Estate Market Increased inventory, slower sales and price reductions all point to a balancing market—welcome news for price-shocked buyers. Sales prices for the Eastside real estate market are up from last October and down from the all-time high reached this spring. Despite the slowdown, it’s important to point out […]
Investing The New Tax Reform May Affect You As A Homeowner New tax legislation was signed into law at the end of 2017, and it included some significant changes for homeowners. These changes took effect in 2018 and do not influence your 2017 taxes. Here’s a brief overview of
Investing Seattle Real Estate Chugs Alone As America’s Hottest Home Market Seattle’s home-price increases keep surging ahead of the rest of the nation even as the local housing market is showing a clear trend of slowing a bit. Across Greater Seattle, the typical single-family house cost 10.4 percent more in November than a year ago, the biggest increase of any metro area in the country, according […]
For Sellers When Selling Your House Does the Office Commission Matter? Should I negotiate the commission when I’m selling real estate? We did an analysis of over 35,000 closed sales in King, Snohomish and Pierce Counties to see if the S.O.C. had any impact on a home’s selling price and on the time on market. For this project we looked at closed sales for all of […]
About Kari Haas What best day of the week to list your house? Selling a house What is the best day of the week to list your home? We analyzed over 18,000 closed residential sales (under $1,000,000) in King County in 2015 to see what effect the day of the week had in relationship to the chances the home would sell in two weeks and, if so, how […]
Investing Mortgage apps fall as rates near record lows Even with mortgage interest rates sitting near record lows, mortgage applications failed to make any gains recently. Total application volume decreased 4% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Even refinances, which are highly rate-sensitive, were unimpressed by the continued low rates, falling 4% […]
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