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Author Archives: Debbie Prosser
4 Things Home Inspectors Don’t Often Check
Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, July 05, 2017 Most home inspectors carefully scrutinize a house from top to bottom, many with checklists that contain more than 1,600 features to evaluate. But some items require a specialist for a more … Continue reading
Posted in Home Owner Tips
Tagged buyers, chemical, chimney, color, damage, data, family, features, foundation, heat, home, home inspectors, house, inspection, look, maintain, national association of realtors, News, offer, open, potential, real estate, Real Estate News, realtor, Sale, Sales, septic systems, size, spa, time, water, work
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4 Curb Appeal Projects to Max Out Your Home’s Value
The yard of your dreams just might be more achievable than you thought. You’ve been spending so much time on projects inside your home (like that new shower you have to drag yourself out of), that your front yard is … Continue reading
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Tagged color, curb appeal, design, energy savings, features, front yard, home, home value, house, houselogic, landscape, lawn, look, lower utility bills, money, NAR, national association of realtors, outside, plants, potential, price, property, quality, realtor, remodel, remodeling, room, time, trees, WA
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Air in Green Homes May Be A Health Risk
Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, June 27, 2017 Energy-efficient homes built too tightly have building experts warning about the potential health impact on owners. A home sealed efficiently can be great for reducing heating and cooling costs and managing its environmental impact. But the home … Continue reading
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Tagged air, air quality, asthma, building, chemical, Construction, contaminants, dander, data, dust, Environment, family, filtered, fresh, green, hazards, healthy, healthy home, heat, homeowners, homes, house, Houses, national association of realtors, outside, potential, real estate, risk, toxic, work, World Health Organization
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10 Biggest Threats Facing Real Estate
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, June 16, 2017 Global uncertainty and political polarization are the top issues facing the housing industry in 2017 and 2018, according to The Counselors of Real Estate’s annual list of the Top 10 Issues … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, AGO, building, buyers, data, design, economies, economy, Education, Employment, Environment, event, events, family, growth, healthy, home, home buyer, home prices, homeowners, homes, house, household, Houses, income, increase, Interest Rate, interest rates, investment, job growth, maintain, market, millennial, national association of realtors, News, open, opportunity, price, properties, property, real estate, realtor, risk, Sale, Sales, sharing, shopping, size, Sold, time, top 10, value, values, work, workplace
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State house prices up 12.1% compared to the first quarter of last year
EMBARGO: May 16, 2017- 5:00pm Washington state’s housing market showed the continuing effects of high demand in the first quarter of 2017 according to the Washington Center for Real Estate Research in the Runstad Center at the University of Washington. … Continue reading
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Tagged benton, Benton and Franklin counties, data, existing home, existing home sales, franklin, franklin co, franklin counties, growth, home prices, home sale, home selling, homes, house, household, household income, housing, housing market, increase, price, real estate, real estate research, Sale, Sales, Spokane, Statistics, time, trends, university, WA, washington, washington state, Yakima
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House Votes to Repeal Key Aspects of Dodd-Frank
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, June 09, 2017 The House voted on Thursday, mostly along partisan lines, to roll back many of the banking rules under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which increased regulatory oversight of financial institutions. Some … Continue reading
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Tagged community, credit, data, economy, event, family, favor, financial crisis, government, growth, home, house, housing, increase, Law, lending, loan, money, Mortgage, national association of realtors, News, opportunity, real estate, realtor, recession, Sale, Sales, WA, washington
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