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Our Wall Street agent Jed Kliman as interviewed by NPR

Windermere Wall St., Inc. shared a link. 2 seconds ago Our Very own Jed Kliman, as interviewed by Deborah Wong of NPR: http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=26255 Seattle Home Buyers Beware: It’s a Seller’s Market Again www.kuow.org If you’ve followed the headlines about the real estate market, you might know that housing prices continue to edge downward. According to […]
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Windermere Real Estate turns 40 – seattlepi.com

Seattles largest real estate company started in 1972 with eight agents in one small office in Northeast Seattle. Forty years later, Windermere Real Estate has more than 300 offices and 7,000 agents in nine Western states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. It has a 40 percent market share in the Seattle area. […]
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Art Walk was a success!

Kudos to Kim … last nights Art Walk was a success! Check out the press in the WSblog:
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Seattle jumps to No. 3 in 2012 retail investment projections – Puget Sound Business Journal

Seattle ranks third in the nation in forecast retail investment for 2012, according to a new report by the real estate research firm Marcus & Millichap . Encino, Calif.-based Marcus & Millichap cited strong growth in the Puget Sound area’s tech sector — notably by online retailer Amazon.com — as a factor in […]

Uncategorized Our Wall Street agent Jed Kliman as interviewed by NPR Windermere Wall St., Inc. shared a link. 2 seconds ago Our Very own Jed Kliman, as interviewed by Deborah Wong of NPR: http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=26255 Seattle Home Buyers Beware: It’s a Seller’s Market Again www.kuow.org If you’ve followed the headlines about the real estate market, you might know that housing prices continue to edge downward. According to […]

Uncategorized Windermere Real Estate turns 40 – seattlepi.com Seattles largest real estate company started in 1972 with eight agents in one small office in Northeast Seattle. Forty years later, Windermere Real Estate has more than 300 offices and 7,000 agents in nine Western states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. It has a 40 percent market share in the Seattle area. […]

Uncategorized Art Walk was a success! Kudos to Kim … last nights Art Walk was a success! Check out the press in the WSblog:

Uncategorized Seattle jumps to No. 3 in 2012 retail investment projections – Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle ranks third in the nation in forecast retail investment for 2012, according to a new report by the real estate research firm Marcus & Millichap . Encino, Calif.-based Marcus & Millichap cited strong growth in the Puget Sound area’s tech sector — notably by online retailer Amazon.com — as a factor in […]

Uncategorized Apple unveils new iPad HD! Good things come in threes — but do insanely great things? Apple execs took the stage at an event in California Wednesday to unveil the third iteration of the companys wildly popular iPad tablet, which features a stunning new high-resolution display that could rival a home television set. “You all have an HDTV at home, […]

Uncategorized Slide show: Top 10 King County real estate deals in 2011 – Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle-based Schnitzer West LLC posted two of the top five real estate sales in King County in 2011, including the biggest deal of the year, the $350.5 million sale of the 1918 Eighth office building in Seattle. The sale was part of a “two-fer.” Schnitzer West sold both the 1918 Eighth building and the […]

Uncategorized Bested by Austin: Seattle ranks No. 3 for tech startup jobs – Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle was outranked by two cities in this year’s Payscale.com list of hotspots for technology startups. San Francisco topped the list produced by Seattle-based PayScale Inc ., thanks to its median tech startup salary of $84,400 and the most startup job opportunities of the 50 cities that were studied. Austin, Texas, ranked second, narrowly […]

Uncategorized Real Estate for $499,000 – NYTimes.com SEATTLE WHAT: A three-bedroom, one-bath Craftsman HOW MUCH: $499,000 SIZE: 2,460 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $202.85 SETTING: This house is in the North Admiral neighborhood in the western part of Seattle on a small peninsula between Elliott Bay and the Puget Sound. The architecture includes Tudors, Dutch Colonials, Victorians and Craftsmans; more contemporary […]

Uncategorized The Gardner Report – volume X V I FEBRUARY 13TH, 2012 The Gardner Report (Fourth Quarter 2011, VOLUME X V I) by Matthew Gardner Prepared exclusively for Windermere Real Estate Windermere Real Estate is proud to partner with Gardner Economics on this analysis of the Western Washington real estate market. This report is designed to offer insight into the realities of the housing […]

Uncategorized What Is CoreScore – New Credit Report From CoreLogic In the world of consumer credit scoring, there’s always something new, more “accurate,” and even more intrusive than the credit reporting that has preceded it. One of the latest attempts to delve into consumer behaviors and reduce them to a single number is the CoreScore from CoreLogic. via What Is CoreScore – New Credit Report […]

Uncategorized Seattle Home Show Feb 16 to 26 Seattle Home Show is Feb 16th to 26th! Check out FREE coupon from KOMO: WOMENS DAY – Feb 21st They’re Having a House Party ~ and You’re Invited Billed as America’s largest open house, the 2012 Seattle Home Show opens Feb. 18 at CenturyLink Field & Event Center. The show continues for nine days, through […]

Uncategorized Washington state to get $648M in bank mortgage settlement – Puget Sound Business Journal Washington state’s share of a landmark $25 billion agreement reached between states and the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders will be about $648 million. The Herald in Everett reports major mortgage providers — Bank of America (Washington state’s largest bank, ranked by market share), Wells Fargo & Co. , JP Morgan Chase & […]

Uncategorized Fannie Mae expands online sales Fannie Mae, which began a pilot program in Orlando, San Diego and Detroit in 2010 to take offers for Fannie Mae-owned houses online, is expanding the online program nationwide. Through its HomePath program, real estate agents now can submit offers on behalf of potential buyers online, get online confirmation and track the status of their […]

Uncategorized Washington not talking about foreclosure settlement as 40 states sign on – Puget Sound Business Journal Washington is among a handful of key states that have not announced whether they will support a draft deal settling claims of improper mortgage servicing. More than 40 states opted in as the deadline for joining the proposed state-federal mortgage service settlement passed Monday, CNN Money reported. The office of Washington State Attorney General […]

Uncategorized Number of Improving Housing Markets Expands to Nearly 100 The number of housing markets showing measurable improvement expanded by 29 metros in February to include a total of 98 markets listed on the Improving Markets Index published monthly by First American and the National Association of Home Builders NAHB. Thirty-six states are now represented by at least one market on the list. FOR THE […]

Uncategorized $118.8M in deals shows commercial property market improvement – Puget Sound Business Journal Three big property sales in less than a week in the Seattle area show that the commercial real estate market continues to thaw. On Jan. 27, longtime local apartment developer Claudio Guincher of Bellevue-based Continental Properties Inc. sold two apartment properties in Kirkland to Arizona-based apartment investor Archstone for $47.46 million. Continental bought the multifamily […]

Uncategorized Spring Hill going Hawaiian to focus on fried chicken – Puget Sound Business Journal Spring Hill is probably West Seattle’s most-acclaimed restaurant and owner Mark Fuller, formerly head man at Tom Douglas’s Dahlia Lounge, is undoubtedly the neighborhood’s most accomplished chef. So it was a shock this week when Fuller and co-owner Marjorie Chang Fuller announced that they are changing the restaurant’s name and concept – from deftly prepared […]

Uncategorized Washington in top 10 on business-friendly taxes, women’s salaries Washington in top 10 on business-friendly taxes, women’s salaries Puget Sound Business Journal by Jennifer Sokolowsky, Web producer Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 1:01pm PST Related: Seattle is No. 7 in the U.S. for business-friendly tax systems, and No. 10 when it comes to average salaries for women, two new rankings show. Jennifer SokolowskyWeb producer […]

Uncategorized One-third of King County home sales distressed in 2011 – Puget Sound Business Journal One-third of single family home sales in King County last year were sales of distressed properties, while one-half of single family home sales in Snohomish and Pierce Counties were distressed, according to a new report from Bellevue-based Washington Property Solutions . Distressed sales include both foreclosed homes that have been put up for sale […]

Uncategorized 120-unit apartment project in West Seattle Junction approved – Puget Sound Business Journal A proposed six-story, 120-unit apartment project in West Seattle’s Junction neighborhood took a big step forward, receiving land use approval on Thursday. The $13 million project by local developer David Meissner is now expected to start construction by early June, said Steve Fischer with Seattle-based Nicholson Kovalchick Architects, which is designing the project. The H-shaped […]