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Your Promotion Strategy has many prongs for success. They are: Content – understanding what buyers want and providing the information they need. Photography/Video – using this medium to convey not only the home’s features but a lifestyle. Who to Market To – targeting Buyer Brokers with qualified buyers and using targeted buyer ads. On-Site – …
Determining the listing price of your home does not come from a computer algorithm. You decide your list price and I offer guidance. Here are the steps I take to determine the best list price: Analyzing Market Data When analyzing how your home fits into the local Olympia area market, I look at three factors …
The following showing protocols are in response to COVID-19 and the Governor’s Orders for how real estate can be conducted during the stay-at-home order. However, you may choose to keep these practices in place when the Order is lifted to keep you and your home healthy when your home is being shown. Steps to a …
This real estate market update is going to be a little different as we are in unprecedented times, dealing with COVID-19 and its impacts on all of us. It has left many struggling emotionally, physically and financially. For this report, I wanted to share with you the questions I have been receiving from my clients. …
With Governor Inslee’s “stay home, stay healthy” mandate on March 23rd, real estate brokers may not conduct any business outside of our homes, and that includes showing or previewing homes. We cannot do any in-person business whatsoever. For the health of our community, we are putting things on hold for the next two weeks. (Earlier …
The Olympia WA (in Thurston County) January 2020 real estate marketplace is deep in a seller’s market. With the low inventory and fewer choices for buyers, many sellers are seeing multiple offers and are receiving offers within hours of listing. Most offers are over the asking price when buyers are bidding on a property. But …
Here is the market at a glance for Thurston County WA, including the major cities of Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater. 2019 was a strong year for our local housing market. Why was 2019 such a strong year for the Olympia area housing market? 1. Strong Regional Job Market and Low Unemployment 2. Relative Affordability of our Area …
January 2020 is starting out as the most robust seller’s real estate market we have seen in Olympia, WA in Thurston County. There are currently less than 250 active listings for sale (a balanced market is about 1,200+ listings countywide). Thurston County is in the longest stretch of time in a sellers’ market (63 months …
RATES have been REVISED effective January 1, 2023 Original post follows below: Starting January 1, 2020, many home sellers in Thurston County, WA will see relief in their Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) that they pay to the state of Washington when they sell their home. In the past, most areas in Thurston County were …
The real estate market in Olympia WA continues to grow and there aren’t signs that this trend will be stopping anytime soon. This chart below shows the average gains sellers, who sold this year, are achieving from when they purchased. On average, market-wide median home prices are up 8.6 percent, much higher than our long-term …