Housing Report: Inventory levels in 23 counties in Washington State have dropped to record lows.

The Washington housing report for February 2017 is less than encouraging for those looking to buy their dream home right now. But for those willing to put in the work, opportunity still beckons.

A Look ...

November 2016 who would of thunk it?  Yup, in November we bought more homes throughout the US and at the fastest pace in almost 10 years. To me that simply seems amazing. November, really? we're not supposed to be buying homes in Winter and to buy more homes ...

Rising Interest Rates

Mortgage Rates have risen slightly this week to an national average of 4.27% for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage. Rate are at a two year high as of12/7/16.

Home loan costs have climbed with a surge in the U.S. 10-year Treasury bond ...

Would you Stand in Line to Buy a House?

Buyers were standing in line overnight this weekend to be some of the first in line to put deposit money down on a new condo development in Seattle. Amazingly enough the units will not be available until 2019!  Now the ...

Seattle Metro areas housing prices are up 10.8% over the past year.

This is more than DOUBLE the national average of 5.2% Only Portland had a larger price increase with prices rising by 12.3% over the last year.

Since 2012 prices of homes in the Greater Seattle ...

Million Dollar Homes in Seattle have TRIPLED in the last four years!

Seattle is now 14th in the nation with 7% of all homes selling for a million dollars or more! Seattle is now the 10th fastest metro area in the country for homes selling at or above $1,000 ...

Finding a home is like finding a needle in the haystack

for home buyers in King, Snohomish, Pierce and Thurston Counties. Inventory levels are so low that buyers are being forced into looking for finding a home farther and farther from their original desired neighborhoods. Buyers are now looking as ...

55+ Community Home Search now available:

Are you thinking of buying a home in a 55+ community in Washington State this year? Evergreen State Homes has a custom search page that will show you only homes for sale in 55+ communities throughout Washington.  You can easily search all of ...

5 Smart Strategies to Buying the Home of YOUR Dreams.

Is this YOUR Dream Home?

You have a lot of information available to you when it comes to buying a home. TONS of information some of it good some of it garbage. I’m hoping to share with you here ...

Having grown up in Washington State, I can’t really imagine living anywhere else. I love every part of the state that I’ve visited over the years, and I’ve lived on both sides of the state. If you don’t live in Washington, that’s something you’ll have to get used to: residents ...