Learn how to protect your investment with an overview of home maintenance responsibilities from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity Snohomish County. The free seminar will…
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Free home maintenance seminar in Lynnwood July 14
Learn how to protect your investment with an overview of home maintenance responsibilities from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity Snohomish County. The free seminar will…
Home and Real Estate Weekly: 5 landscaping DIY projects
Ever get the itch to do a DIY project? Whenever we do, our favorites involve getting outdoors and mixing up our landscaping features. Whether it’s as simple as installing some…
Home and Real Estate Weekly: 5 must-have tools for homeowners
When you own your home, things are going to break and, unless you want to spend your money on visits from a neighborhood handyman, you’re going to need to fix…
Seattle area still leads nation in home price increases
Greater Seattle has now led the nation in home price increases for 20 months in a row, tied for the second-longest streak, our online news partner The Seattle Times reported…
Home and real estate weekly: Ideas for accent walls
Publisher’s note: Please enjoy this new weekly feature focused on home and real estate topics. An accent wall can totally transform a room, taking it from boring and drab to…
5 things buyers should know about home inspections
Home buyers tend to have a lot of questions about home inspections. Are they required? How are they different from appraisals? When does it take place? Here are answers to…
Habitat for Humanity to hold home buying seminar June 16
Habitat for Humanity will host a home buying seminar on June 16. The talk, titled “Realizing the American Dream,” will discuss how attainable home financing can be, even if you…
Five reasons to stage your home before buyers visit
Sellers seem to have mixed reactions when they hear the word “staging.” Some go all-in, while others are somewhat resistant to the idea. The more reluctant homeowners ask questions like:…
How to determine the market value of a home
Home prices in the U.S. have risen more or less steadily over the last few years. In many cities, home values are now at their highest point in history —…
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Median Snohomish County home price over $500K; poll shows cost of living a major concern
The sky-high cost of living has overtaken traffic as the most-hated part of living in the Puget Sound region, as local home prices continue to set records in King and…
5 tips for making an offer in a hot real estate market
Steady demand. Limited supply. That’s what we are seeing in real estate markets across the country right now. Inventory is particularly tight within the lower price ranges. “The starter house…
What income do you need to qualify for a mortgage loan?
When you apply for a home loan, the mortgage lender will conduct a thorough review of your income situation. Income is one of the most important factors to a lender,…
Mortgage rates rise to their highest level in over four years
Are you thinking about buying a home in the near future? Do you need a mortgage loan to finance your purchase? Here’s a trend you should know about. This week,…
Buyers, prepare for competition: Homes expected to sell fast in 2018
A recent report showed that homes across the U.S. sold faster than ever during 2017. And experts believe that 2018 could be an even hotter real estate market, due to…
Average home sale price in Lynnwood now at $525K as real estate market continues to sizzle
Coldwell Banker Bain has released its first-quarter 2018 market report on Puget Sound home sales, and the statistics once again show a continued hot local real estate market. According to the report,…
Coldwell Banker Bain launches ‘Bring Hope Home’ domestic violence initiative
Coldwell Banker Bain real estate brokerage services has launched a new referral initiative, “Bring Hope Home,” to benefit Domestic Violence Housing First. A program facilitated through the Washington State Coalition…
Update: Property on 196th featured in ‘Looking Back’ column now for sale
A property on 196th Street Southwest just east of 76th Avenue West that was the subject of a recent “Looking Back” column for Lynnwood Today is now for sale. According to Paul…
Top 7 mortgage tips for first-time home buyers
The mortgage lending process can be somewhat intimidating, especially for first-time home buyers who’ve never been through it before. There’s so much money on the line, and so many steps…
Coldwell Banker Bain named a top brokerage in industry rankings
Coldwell Banker Bain has been named a top brokerage in two of the industry’s top national rankings – the 2018 REAL Trends 500 and RISMedia’s Annual Power Broker Report. In the former, CB Bain…
Two free home buying seminars this season by Snohomish County Habitat for Humanity
Snohomish County Habitat for Humanity will hold two seminars for home buyers this season in Lynnwood. The seminars are designed to help all families purchase an affordable home in Snohomish…
Spring 2018 home-buying season to be marked by low inventory
Home buying activity tends to pick up in the spring, as more and more buyers shake off the winter chills and prepare to enter the real estate market. This year,…
Home prices continue to soar; Snohomish County at record highs
Seattle kicked off 2018 the same way it spent the prior year and a half, as the hottest real-estate market in the country, with no slowing down, our online news…
The benefits of staging when selling a home
Seller’s market conditions persist in cities across the country, as inventory continues to fall short of demand. Under these kinds of conditions, sellers typically enjoy competing offers from buyers. But…
Sponsor spotlight: Garden bench from Superior Stone Manufacturing
Here’s a product for spring, from Lynnwood-based Superior Stone Manufacturing, now featured on our Home and Real Estate page. This garden bench is 46 inches x 16 inches x 16…