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When your buyer purchases with other peoples funds Whether or not your buyer has a lender involved for financing in the transaction, escrow should obtain Third Party Deposit Escrow Instructions from the party making the deposit, before closing the transaction.  Among other things, the instruction...
08/01/2014
If so, that is terrific but just remember that the seller is then required to pay both sides of the escrow fee along with any loan finance charges that the VA buyer is restricted from paying (non allowables). I always get so surprised by how many sellers say they weren't told about this when we g...
08/01/2014
Private Transfer Fees At the American Escrow Association Conference I attended, Justin Ailes (Director of Government Affairs with the American Land Title Association) discussed something new in our industry:  Private Transfer Fee Covenants.  These covenants require that a "tax" be paid everytime ...
08/01/2014
Did you Know that Washington is a Community Property State? This means that you can't buy real estate in Washington State without addressing the spousal interest.  Be sure to ask the buyers what their marital status is and write it in after their names on line #2 of the Purchase & Sale Agreement....
08/01/2014
Exploring the Quinault Rainforest The Quinault Lodge, nestled in the Quinault Rain Forest on the Olympic Peninsula is a favorite place of mine.  Have you been yet?  They have a rainforest tour that is well worth the money, even if you have been there many times before.  Ranger Rodger will tell yo...
08/01/2014
Introducing the Dungeness Spit   February 24th, we took our granddaughter to the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge in Sequim to explore the 5.5 miles of beach that jets out into the Straights of Juan de Fuca. "At Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, one of the world's longest natural sand spits s...
03/01/2013
Employment Security goes after income-tax refunds to resolve debts  OLYMPIA – When is an income-tax refund not a refund? When it’s intercepted by the Employment Security Department to repay wrongly claimed unemployment benefits.  This week, Employment Security is notifying more than 25,000 people...
12/05/2012
Employment Security issues job-vacancy report OLYMPIA – Washington employers had an estimated 52,000 job vacancies last spring, according to a new report from the state’s Employment Security Department. More than 78 percent of the vacancies were in urban Western Washington. Occupations with the m...
10/08/2012
Employment Security Department/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 27, 2012/#12-029 Spokane business honored with Hire-A-Vet Award SPOKANE – Two state cabinet officials visited Spokane today to honor Haskins Steel for its track record of hiring military veterans. Employment Security Commissioner Paul Tr...
06/27/2012
Revenue wins national award for its implementation of taxpayer amnesty Washington, D.C., April 5, 2012 – The Washington State Department of Revenue has won a national award for what judges said was its swift and taxpayer-friendly implementation of a 2011 taxpayer amnesty. The Federation of Tax Ad...
04/05/2012
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