The Housing Market is Strong and Weak

The housing market is both strong and weak, and that’s not so much of a play on words as you may think.  The majority of the real estate market is in the tank almost everywhere in the United States.  Vast numbers of homes in this housing market have been in the MLS for a long

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Sequim Real Estate Market

The Sequim real estate market is much healthier than most real estate markets around the country.  We have a small market, and we do not have very many foreclosures, and in a community of financially conservative retirees, the market tends to be stable even during this real estate recession. Sequim Real Estate Market Stable The

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Sequim Real Estate Prices – Selling Price as Percentage of Listing Price

Sequim real estate prices are down as are prices throughout the country, but how much are Sequim real estate selling prices as a percentage of the original listing prices?  Looking at the most recent data for homes sold during the month of July, 2011, the results are interesting. Sequim Real Estate Prices Sequim Real Estate

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Housing Market Prediction for Sequim Area

A gloomy outlook of the housing market was forecast on June 10th, 2011 by Robert Shiller, known for his accurate predictions of the housing market crash before the real estate recession.  Schiller is the economist who co-founded the S&P/Case-Shiller index of U.S. home prices.  He said a further decline in property values of 10 percent

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Real Estate Prices – What is a Fair Price?

Buyers ask me about real estate prices and the question is, “What is a fair price in this market?”  As I show homes to retirees from outside the Sequim area, the concern they have when they find the ideal home is how much to offer.  They don’t want to pay more than they have to,

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Home Values Tumbling?

Are home values tumbling?  Fox news reported today that Zillow’s first quarter data suggested that home prices have dropped in the U.S. by 3% in the first three months of 2011. As they say, “Statistics don’t like–statisticians do.”  In this case, there are many possible interpretations of this data.  But there are a few simple

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Sequim Real Estate Market Report

The Sequim Real Estate Market Report will show you active listings, homes sold (with a map showing the precise location with a link to the full data sheet), and as you will see, you can also look at useful charts and key Sequim real estate market data. Sequim Real Estate Market Report Sequim Real Estate

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As Interest Rates Increase Sellers Will Lose Money

Interest rates are about to start a long slow upward trend.  Will increasing interest rates effect sellers in this market?  Absolutely and much more than most home sellers realize.  I’ll explain why here and provide some solid evidence for your consideration if you hope to sell your home.  Obviously, this has great relevance to buyers,

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Sequim Real Estate Market Report

The Sequim Real Estate Market Report is available now to view active listings, sold properties, and some interesting chart comparisons and percentages.  You can view it by clicking on this image below, and you’ll be taken to Sequim Real Estate Market Reports.  As you can see when you open the report, the red diamonds on

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Sequim Real Estate Market Reports

Sequim Real Estate Market Reports is another first for Sequim and Port Angeles.  Chuck Marunde and eXp Realty now give clients and prospective clients what they want to know about the local real estate market online absolutely free of charge.  Sequim Real Estate Market Reports is a new service offered only by Chuck Marunde in

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Get Your Free Sequim and Port Angeles Market Report

Real Estate Market Data Reports for Sequim and Port Angeles are now available to you, and not just to Realtors with an MLS subscription.  Once again Chuck Marunde is on the cutting edge of giving his clients the best up-to-date real estate market information with the latest and most powerful technology.  More than that, this

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Sequim Real Estate Market Data

Sequim real estate market data:  Here are some interesting stats for the month of March, 2010.  DOM represents “days on market,” or the total number of days a home has been listed for sale in the MLS (multiple listing service). These stats from the Olympic Listing Service represent all properties, both homes and land, during

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Sequim Real Estate Market Good

The Sequim real estate market is doing fine, despite national reports that the real estate market is down.  Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) members reported strong gains in home sales during February, with brokers pointing to several encouraging signs for a busy spring season. Improving consumer confidence and a looming deadline for homebuyer tax credits

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Real Estate Markets are Unique

One of the challenges of living in one part of the country for many years and then shopping for a home in a new area where you intend to retire is that markets tend to be so different around the country.  I’m in Las Vegas as I write this visiting my son, and it’s a

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The Market is up, no down, wait it’s . . .

The real estate market is up, no it’s down, wait . . . well, it depends on what day you read the news and which news you’re reading.  Two days ago I wrote this in an article: The Wall Street Journal reported that, “California’s inventory of unsold, previously owned homes shrank to a five-year low

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Predictions for the Real Estate Market in 2010

What will happen in the real estate market in 2010?  Not too many are stepping out to predict with any specificity what the real estate market will do in 2010.  There are some so-called predictions, but they are about as predictive as a fortune cookie.  Did you ever notice that the fortune in the cookie

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Sequim Real Estate Market Up

The Sequim real estate market and the Port Angeles real estate market are up.   Whether this is a short term bump or a long term bump is anyone’s guess, but there is no question that buyers have stepped up to the plate.   Homes that have gone under contract (pending) has been increasing in

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Is The Housing Market Returning to Health?

What’s happening with the Sequim and Port Angeles real estate market?   What about the national market, which we depend on so much?   Have we bottomed out and are we on our way out of the recession? For a quick perspective and reference to a nationwide study, read Housing Market Comback. Possibly Related Posts:

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Words of Encouragement for the Real Estate Market and Economy

None of us bought tickets for the roller coaster ride we are all riding.   We’ve been going up and down and wondering if we are at the bottom yet.   I have words of encouragement for you. We are near the bottom, but not quite there yet.   Before it gets better, it must

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Why is There So Much Confusion in the Markets?

The experts are confused.   Bank presidents, University economics professors, CEO’s running multi-billion dollar International companies, large fund managers, execs of the federal reserve banks, and even our politicians are totally stumped by the chaos in the markets.   Exactly what is happening and why?   A brief chronological review of the fundamental facts actually

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