by Marti Reeder | Feb 9, 2022 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Search, Home Selling, John L. Scott, Kent, King County, Listings, Misc., Moving, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate, Washington
A Google search is great for a lot of things – finding local restaurants, the nearest gas station, or the best walking trails. But it is not a reliable way to find the right real estate agent for YOU! You will get thousands of results in your market, and there is no...
by Marti Reeder | Jan 27, 2022 | Home Ideas, Home Ownership, Home Search, Home Selling, John L. Scott, King County, Listings, Misc., Moving, News, Real Estate
No matter how you look at it, moving can be stressful, even when you are excited to move into a new home. But you can make it easier on yourself by paring down and organizing your household before the moving begins. Here are eight tips to help you pare down before you...
by Marti Reeder | Nov 22, 2021 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Search, Home Selling, John L. Scott, Listings, News, Newsletter, Real Estate
Is gray passé? It’s a question that’s going through the minds of design professionals, if not the minds of home buyers and sellers across America. In the 2010s gray bumped the former go-to color (beige!) out of the top position, and gray has been wildly popular ever...
by Marti Reeder | Nov 10, 2021 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Search, Home Selling, John L. Scott, Listings, News, Newsletter, Real Estate
Most real estate agents have warned their clients of the wisdom of using Zillow’s proprietary “Zestimate” for years now. A top-secret algorithm developed by the company, the Zestimate® was touted by Zillow as an accurate and important tool to allow home buyers and...
by Marti Reeder | Jun 23, 2021 | Finance, Home Ownership, Home Search, Home Selling, John L. Scott, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate
There’s no question about it – today’s real estate market is one of the most seller-advantageous in recent memory. Record-low inventory, coupled with historically low interest rates, is leading to multiple offers – and often bidding wars! – for homes in the most...
by Marti Reeder | Jun 2, 2021 | Finance, Home Ownership, Home Search, Home Selling, John L. Scott, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate
Though across the nation this past year, much of our economy contracted, the housing market remains remarkably strong. But what does the future hold? Will this good news continue, or are we headed for a fall? When COVID shutdowns began in March of 2020, real estate...
