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What Your Neighborhood Says About Your Health

April 15th, 2012 at 2:55 pm by timigustafson

Attention Bothell Residents:

8 Don't-Miss Real Estate Deadlines for Buyers, Sellers and Owners

The list of real estate-related stressors is virtually limitless. Whether you have to decide on whether to rent vs. buy or whether to sell vs. stay put, decide on a list price or an offer price, or pick a buyer’s broker or a listing agent, there is seemingly no end to the high-stakes decisions you must make and triggers you must pull.

Dayson Market–Average of 53 Metro Areas

The average Days on Market for properties sold in February was 103, the same as for the month of January, and the same average seen in February 2011. Only two months in the last 12 months saw a Days on Market average below 90: July and September both reported 88. Days on Market is the number of days between first being listed in an MLS and when a sales contract is signed.

Members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service are reporting positive gains in activity. Pending sales for                                      February increased more than 27 percent from a year ago, more sellers are listing their homes, and brokers are reporting an uptick in multiple offers.

Winter Driving

I am sitting in my living room watching the snow fall and contemplating all the places I need to go.  It got me to thinking about what I needed to do if I was planning to go out in the snow.  And as my brain works- it brought me back to the time that  I learned about driving in winter weather the hard way.