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 Beautiful building site on Rogerson Road!  Electric and phone at road.  4.96 Acres, private park like setting

I was out showing houses last week and drove past a bright purple house! I instantly thought that’s when we need CC&R’s!   What are CC&Rs?  Most planned developments (a group of homes built by the same contractor) have CC&R’s.   Covenants, conditions and restrictions; are a set of documents that ...

Spring is here, if your trying to sell your house, now is a great time to think about curb appeal!  Over the course of the cold wet winter, we tend to neglect the outside areas of our property. I still have a few pots on the deck with dried out plants from last summer, it's easy to look right pas...

I am looking forward to a great 2012 as we see the local real estate market continue it's slow but steady recovery!  

Northwest Multi-Listing now offers a discount on the "Authentisign" electronic signauture program.  I am a fan of Docusign and had success with the ease of the program for my clients.  Authentisign's discounted price, makes it affordable.  In my opinion, both programs (if they perform the same) a...

     Lewis County, WA Real Estate Market Report 8/3/11     There were 38 newly listed single family homes in Lewis County last week, Ranging in price from $38,000 to $375,000  Five were REO (bank owned-foreclosure) Properties and 4 where short sales.  Two of the newly listed homes were located in...

A summary for buyers.   So often as real estate agents we take it for granted that our buyers understand the purchasing process, what their agent does for them and even how we get paid.  This is not always the case.  I have put together a summary to help buyers understand how the process works, s...

Lewis County, WA Real Estate Market Report June 1, 2011       There were 33 newly listed single family homes in Lewis County last week, Ranging in price from $45,000 to $595,000.  Three were REO (bank owned-foreclosure) Properties and one was a short sale.  Five of the newly listed homes were lo...

Lewis County, WA Real Estate Market Report For week ending 2/20/2011       There were 19 newly listed single family homes in Lewis County last week, Ranging in price from $85,000 to $395,000.  Five are REO (bank owned-forclosures) Properties and one is a short sale.  Three of the newly listed hom...

Average or Median?  Where do you focus?   When determining market value, looking at the median sale price is considered by many to be a better indicator than the average sale price because the median is not affected by outliners (an unusually low or high sale price) Neither statistic is more accu...