by Christopher Stjernholm | Nov 21, 2021 | Selling
Buying a home is often the biggest purchase of a person’s life. Thus, it’s no surprise that homeowners choose to stay put in their houses for a fairly long time. According to Zillow, the average home buyer stays in their house for 13 years. However there...
by Christopher Stjernholm | Nov 15, 2021 | Buying
Being bankrupt is scary. And Americans have all been afraid of it since we played Monopoly as kids. But it doesn’t need to be scary. In reality, at least 800,000 Americans file for bankruptcy every year. And undoubtedly many of those people are good, hard-working...
by Christopher Stjernholm | Nov 9, 2021 | Buying, Selling
A residential appraisal is an unbiased estimate of the true (or fair market) value of what a home is worth, in the current real estate market. Buyers typically need a mortgage loan to afford a home. As a result, a mortgage lender will order an appraisal to ensure that...
by Christopher Stjernholm | Nov 5, 2021 | Market Stats, Seattle
Typically, the real estate market experiences a lull as colder weather sets in and many look forward to being home for the holidays. We didn’t experience this cool down last year, as COVID-19 set in and disrupted the real estate market’s usual seasonal trends. So, as...
by Christopher Stjernholm | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Typically, the real estate market experiences a lull as colder weather sets in and many look forward to being home for the holidays. We didn’t experience this cool down last year, as COVID-19 set in and disrupted the real estate market’s usual seasonal trends. So, as...