As a Realtor with Windermere Real Estate in Bellevue Washingon and one who has lived in Bellevue for many years, I've pulled together some of the most compelling reasons why Bellevue continues to attract people to establish a residence here. It's all about the quality of life, and it's no coin
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04/13/2012
For years now, Realtors (including me) have been telling home buyers that NOW is the right time to buy (try to find now in your calendar, kind of like "soon", or "today"). "You've got to live somewhere, and you don't want to rent do you?" In our heart we want to believe we are offering the best
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01/30/2012
Celebrate the good things in our Seattle housing market! Most likely you have heard of the Federal Housing Finance Agency that publishes the Case Schiller Index statistical reports on a quarterly basis. I get this delivered to my email inbox once a quarter, and the reports are useful in helping
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09/26/2011
Clyde Hill is the largest community in West Bellevue, on a prominent but gradual hill overlooking Lake Washington and the Seattle skyline to the west and downtown Bellevue and the Cascade mountain range to the east. People like living on Clyde Hill because is is minutes on surface streets to dow
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09/25/2011
There are all sorts of view properties for sale, some you need a telescope from the second floor master bedroom to see the lake view that’s advertised. Then you have view properties that are truly spectacular views of the lake, city, or mountains. All of us know that views are not created equal
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08/19/2011
I re-blog some of the best posts from my Active Rain Network of Realtors around the country. This blog is concise and says it as well as it can be said. Sellers have control of decisions, even against the recommendation of their Realtor, and pricing is the slippery slope of them all. This is w
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08/03/2011
This year we decided to stay home and enjoy what Bellevue has to offer over the July 4th weekend, heading into a promising forecast. It was sunny, but not warm enough to leave the blankets in the car when we walked the last way into Bellevue Downtown Park with our four foldable camping chairs.
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07/07/2011
Attenders at this year's Bellevue Strawberry Festival were blessed with one of the most perfect days we've had so far this summer, and the Crossroads Park couldn't have been more beautiful. Bellevue does such a terrific job of keeping their parks clean and well maintained. The playground is as
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06/30/2011
Moving across the State of Washington? If so, I have some great referral partners, like The Lane Real Estate Team I met today at the Raincamp 2011 at Bell Harbor Conference Center on Elliot Bay in Seattle. They have a great understanding of what it takes to have a solid real estate practice. O
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06/21/2011
I am preparing for my next buyer's tour here after barely being nudged out on a multiple offers bid last week on a bank-owned home for sale in Bellevue WA, only 3 miles from downtown Bellevue. We had our offer written and signed on Saturday, didn't submit it until Sunday evening. I knew there w
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06/18/2011