Home Air Conditioning How to Keep Your House Cool Without AC By: Lisa Kaplan Gordon Published: March 20, 2013 Want summer comfort but hate the AC? Follow these tips, and you’ll keep your house cool without frosty air conditioning. Block that Sun! When sunlight enters your house, it turns into heat. You’ll keep your house cooler if you reduce solar heat gain by keeping sunlight out. […]
House Cleaning Cleaning House: Secrets of a Truly Deep Clean By: Jane Hoback Published: January 14, 2011 Deep clean your house and you’ll brighten rooms and help maintain your home’s value. De-bug the light fixtures See that bug burial ground within your overhead fixtures? Turn off the lights and carefully remove fixture covers, dump out flies and wash with hot soapy water. While you’re up […]
Landscaping 5 Awesomely Easy Landscaping Projects By: Dave Toht Published: February 26, 2013 Ramp up your curb appeal with cool landscaping projects you can easily pull off in a weekend. Use a charged garden hose to lay out a smooth curve. Tip: A “charged” garden hose full of water makes for a smoother, kink-free curve; charge up by turning on the […]
Mill Creek WA Home for Sale Spectacular Lozier Resale OPEN SUNDAY 1PM-4PM Located on one of the premier streets in all of The Seasons at Mill Creek, this pristine two story home boasts an open floor plan, idyllic cul-de-sac lot location, tasteful upgrades and low maintenance landscaping. Features include large great room with fireplace, enormous kitchen with island, master bedroom with en suite and fireplace, […]
Seattle Open House Just Listed – Seattle View Home :: Open Saturday and Sunday 2PM-5PM 12211 7th Ave NW Seattle WA 98177 An intimate relationship through a wall of windows, this Broadview estate excites with breathtaking views of mountains and Sound. Situated on a rare oversized lot, this home offers the privacy and space you deserve. With an updated galley kitchen featuring casual dining area, rat-pack entertaining spaces inside and […]
Home Mortgage How to overcome frustration with mortgage lenders by Melissa Zavala in Housing News – June 11, 2013   Dealing with big box mortgage lenders in any capacity can be frustrating, but armed with these four tips, you'll improve your chances of seeing progress.   Common Irritations with Big Banks It doesn’t matter whether you are a real estate agent, a home buyer, […]
Buying A House and Home Purchasing - The Cost of Waiting Buying a House: Is Now the Time? The real estate community is often criticized for always seeming to have a Pollyanna attitude about the housing market. Many believe that the industry’s current call ‘to buy now’ is nothing more than a scare tactic with the sole purpose of creating more commissions for the industry. Let’s take a look at whether or not […]
Open House Seattle Open House :: Sunday, June 9th 1PM-4PM 8529 Caroline Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 Welcome home to a truly unique contemporary home, originally built by local builder Kapsner Homes. Situated at the end of a dead end street & just steps from Green Lake, this home was built to take in tons of natural light & sit high above the street amongst […]
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Open House Open House :: Sunday, June 9th from 1PM-4PM 3626 159th Place SE Bothell, WA 98012   Located on one of the premier streets in all of The Seasons at Mill Creek, this pristine two story home boasts an open floor plan, idyllic cul-de-sac lot location, tasteful upgrades and low maintenance landscaping. Features include large great room with fireplace, enormous kitchen with island, master […]
Real Estate Fees Redfin – For sellers, the flat fee is gone It was disruptive, and Kelman relished the chaos. “Real estate, by far, is the most screwed up industry in America,” he told CBS News’s 60 Minutes in 2007. “We feel like things that Amazon or EBay (EBAY) or Yahoo! (YHOO) have done in other industries, we can do for the real estate industry.” Kelman now […]
Carkeek Park Restoration Class 5th Carkeek Forest Restoration Class 5th Carkeek Forest Restoration Class Starting on August 24th 2013 The Carkeek Forest Restoration Class is a program of 12 Saturday mornings between August 2013 and March 2014, focusing on what you need to know to become involved in volunteer forest work in Carkeek Park (or any other park in the City).  Previous classes were […]
Home for Sale Quality Lozier Home :: Open Sunday 1PM – 4PM      3626 159th Place SE, Bothell WA 98012 Located on one of the premier streets in all of The Seasons at Mill Creek, this pristine two story home boasts an open floor plan, idyllic cul-de-sac lot location, tasteful upgrades and low maintenance landscaping. Features include large great room with fireplace, enormous kitchen with island, master […]
Buy or Rent? Buy or Rent: Which Makes More Sense Financially? Every potential home buyer has to stop for at least a moment and consider this question. Today, we want to look at one of the many financial reasons to buy instead of rent: the housing expense moving forward. According to the latest Existing Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors, the median sales price of a home […]
Home Purchase Now Is The Time To BUY! Considering A Home Purchase? Let our experience save you time and money! Steve Hill and Sandra Brenner Windermere Real Estate Seattle Northwest 206-769-9577
Home Purchase When To Buy a House? RIGHT NOW! After witnessing the housing bubble ‘pop’ just a few years ago, many would be buyers may be hesitant to pull the trigger. Today, we want to explain that the greatest risk a buyer can take right now is actually waiting to buy a home. We realize that every purchaser wants to be able to get […]
Memorial Day Weekend Activities From Festivals to Concerts: 11 Ways to Celebrate Memorial Day Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner which means many families will be hittin’ the mountain passes in cramped cars packed full of camping gear, bikes, scooters, lawn chairs, blue tarps, and the family dog. But for those families sticking close to home this Memorial Day (you know who you are… been there, done […]
Economy, Housing and Real Estate Consumers’ pent-up demand promises economic boost Economy, Housing and Real Estate Paul Davidson, USA TODAY American consumers have denied themselves so much for so long — putting off buying homes, cars and other purchases — that their pent-up demand is poised to kick-start a sluggish economy. Four years into the recovery, stronger job growth, some loosening in bank lending and more […]
Mortgage, Rates, Payment, Interest Total Increase a Buyer May Pay if They Wait Earlier in the week, we explained that experts have projected that U.S. home prices will appreciate by approximately 5% in 2013. We also revealed the Mortgage Bankers Association, Fannie Mae and the National Association of Realtors have all projected that the 30-year mortgage rate will be at least 4% by the end of 2013. If we assume that prices and […]
Mortgage, Rate, Interest, Home Buyer, Mortgage Rates Projected to Increase The Mortgage Bankers Association, Fannie Mae and the National Association of Realtors have all projected that the 30-year mortgage rate will be at least 4% by the end of 2013. If we assume that rates will still be at 4% in twelve months, here is the difference a buyer will pay if they wait. Steve Hill and Sandra Brenner, Windermere […]
Emergency and Safety Prepardeness Oklahoma tornadoes prompt all to consider safety apps The recent Oklahoma tornadoes have the nation gripped and mourning, and now considering preparations for their own lives. Moore officials are asking people to donate to reputable charities – we've included a list where you can give. Read on HERE Steve Hill and Sandra Brenner Windermere Real Estate Seattle-Northwest 206-769-9577