What will we remember about 2023? Well, the media was intent on telling everyone the real estate sky was falling. Story after story of housing bubbles on the verge of bursting and high interest rates boxing buyers out of the market. I won’t remember it that way. In reality, at least last spring, this year […]

As I write this, I am hoping that my Puyallup Valley listing finally closes today. It has been a saga over the past many weeks to the point that the buyers, sellers, and both agents (me and the buyer’s agent) are almost at the end of our ropes. We have actually agreed that if the […]

There’s no denying home sales/transactions in the Northwest are down from a year ago. Inventory remains doggedly low. So, while prices year-over-year remain lower, they are up 4% year to date. In most cases, we still have more buyers than sellers. For seller’s this remains a good thing. Days on market for the majority of homes is still […]

…despite the doom and gloom being reported everyday. There still isn’t enough inventory to meet current demand. Most would-be sellers are loathe to part with 3-4% mortgage rates. Who can blame them? It seems as though 75% of the listing market is due to relocation, death, or divorce. Builders have slowed down their production. There are […]