Researching Real Estate on the Internet

Researching real estate on the Internet is now done by almost 100% of all buyers. Researching real estate for most people involves searching MLS sites, syndication sites, using the search engines for specific phrases, using Google maps (including Google satellite), searching city and county real estate databases, reviewing the county tax assessor’s site, and reading articles

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Sequim Real Estate Search Tool

[Update: While this search tool in this article still works fine, we have upgraded since to a better system which you’ll find in the search boxes on the home page of this blog, about in the middle of the home page.] This may be the most powerful Sequim real estate search tool on the Net,

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Sequim 3D Virtual Tour of Gorgeous

Here’s a 3D Virtual Tour of a very beautiful Sequim home with a view of Sequim Bay, Protection Island, Mount Baker, and the San Juan Islands. This home is located high above Sequim. Click on this 3D Virtual Tour below, and you can walk through this home on both levels. You’ll start in the kitchen,

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Is Radiant Ceiling Heat Good or Bad?

Radiant ceiling heat can be found in some Sequim homes, but for most buyers radiant heat is a mystery. Today we answer the question, “Is radiant ceiling heat good or bad?”  Radiant Ceiling Heat Misconceptions about radiant ceiling heat abound. For example, the conversation often goes like this. Heat rises, so why would you install

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Sequim Real Estate

Sequim real estate is a popular commodity of late, and buyers are enthusiastically coming to the Olympic Peninsula to shop for their ideal retirement home. Many retirees around the country have come to the same conclusion–that Sequim real estate is a bargain considering the lifestyle and cost of living in one of the most beautiful retirement

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Bell Hill Homes

Bell Hill Homes have always been in demand by people who wanted beautiful homes and great water views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sequim Bay, and the islands. Some Bell Hill homes even have a view of Victoria. Bell Hill Homes – Luxury Home for Sale Enjoy this virtual tour of a gorgeous

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Sequim Real Estate Market 2-15-15

The Sequim real estate market has been improving, but lately the inventory of homes that retirees consider the ideal homes has been shrinking, making it much harder to find your perfect retirement home. If you’ve been wondering why it is hard to filter through all the homes for sale and find your ideal home, this Sequim

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The Secret Challenge of Bringing You Sequim Real Estate Information

This is the largest Sequim Real Estate Blog, not only in the Sequim and Port Angeles area, but one of the largest in the entire Northwest. With thousands of articles written for buyers, and hundreds of key links to valuable information you won’t find anywhere else, plus unique tools designed and programmed for buyers, plus entire

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Most Popular Articles for Buyers

Are you interested in articles for buyers written specifically to help you do your research and find a home in the Sequim and Port Angeles area? This is the largest real estate blog on the Olympic Peninsula and one of the largest real estate blogs in the nation with over 1,700 articles written specifically for buyers. With

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Sequim Homes MLS Search Similar Properties

Searching Sequim homes for your needle in a haystack can be challenging, especially with all the sites on the Internet that claim to include all the Sequim homes for sale in the county. News Flash! There are a lot of sites that do not have all our local listings, and there are major sites (Zillow

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How to Hire a Realtor Survey

Are you interested in knowing how other people decide how to hire a Realtor? There are many ways to hire a Realtor, but not all are wise and good. The challenge for consumers buying any service is that consumers do not typically know the inner workings of that profession, and they do not typically know

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What is Your Ideal Kitchen?

What is your idea of the ideal kitchen? There was a time back in the 50’s and 60’s when the ideal kitchen was a small functional kitchen that was separated from the dining room and living room, and the kitchen had one purpose–the preparation of food. There was nothing fancy about kitchens back then. They

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Zillow Acquires Trulia – What Does it Mean for Buyers?

Zillow is buying Trulia, so what does this mean for buyers like you? First, if you don’t know already, in the real estate industry the two elephants in the room have been Zillow and Trulia. Millions of buyers search these two sites for their homes and land. But when one elephant acquires the other, what does

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How Important is Your Choice of an Escrow Agent?

Choosing the right escrow agent for your real estate transaction is more important than most people might realize. Your choice of an escrow agent is one of several vital appointments you will make between the day you reach an agreement with a seller and closing (aka close of escrow, aka recording). Does it really make any difference

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Why Some Homes Do Not Sell

Have you noticed some homes do not sell? I know of many homes that were on the market for years, and they never sold. Eventually the owners let the third or fourth listing expire and did not renew. No one ever talks about this, so that means we have to talk about it here. Don’t all

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Real Estate: Seeing the Diamond in the Rough

When it comes to looking at real estate in Sequim and Port Angeles, some buyers miss the diamond in the rough. Shopping for anything that is especially suited for you personally is hard work–right? When was the last time you shopped for pants and bought the first pair you saw on the shelf at the first

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The 4 Hardest Properties to Buy

Did you know there are hard properties to buy? In other words, some properties are especially difficult to negotiate and buy? There are four properties that are hard to buy. 1. Foreclosures at a Trustee’s Sale When a property is foreclosed, the last step in the process is the Trustee’s Sale at the courthouse in Port Angeles.

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Where Do Sequim Buyers Come From?

Have you ever wondered where all the Sequim buyers come from? Buyers come from all over the United States, but which states account for most of the Sequim buyers and which states have no connection with Sequim at all? Let’s find out from the Sequim broker who sells more homes than any other individual broker. Here

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Real Estate in Sequim

Real estate in Sequim is in a new and exciting phase, and there really has not been a market like this in the history of the real estate market in Sequim. Let me paint a picture in this article so you can see what I am seeing. Real Estate in Sequim Buyers come from all over

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Why is it so hard to find a home with a shop?

Is it hard to find a home with a shop in the Sequim and Port Angeles area? It is, and here’s why. Your ideal property would require the right lot, the right home, and the right shop or barn. Those are three important elements that must come together in the same property that just happens to

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