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Home sales soar
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Snohomish County home sales strong, prices drop
EVERETT — Home sales soared in the Puget Sound area last month despite steep drops this winter in…
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Business briefs: Boeing executive gets $3 million stock bonus
The Boeing Co. has given its president of commercial airplanes a stock incentive worth roughly $3 million. Boeing’s…
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Real Estate Notebook
WASHINGTON — Rates for 30-year home loans rose above the 5 percent threshold for the first time in…
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Research the market before you buy
Question: I’m attempting to research the housing market but I can’t buy anything for at least a year…
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Signs of life in real estate? Maybe not
LOS ANGELES — Home prices gained for the seventh consecutive month in December as cities on the West…
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Some retirees use reverse mortgages to pay for affluent lifestyle
What many people have now — house, lifestyle, neighborhood, friends, church, club — is exactly what they’d like…
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Signs indicate U.S. housing industry recovering
WASHINGTON — U.S. home builders were a bit more confident that the housing market is recovering, according to…
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Hard times for resort, but not for homeowners in Whistler
WHISTLER, B.C. — Talk about timing, and a captive audience. If you are going to schedule a foreclosure…
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Few choosing mortgage modifications
WASHINGTON — With expectations for millions of foreclosures on the horizon, only 116,000 troubled borrowers have had their…
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Quitclaim answer spurs more questions
Question: I read your column last week regarding quitclaim deeds. Wouldn’t the financing bank be concerned about a…
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Real Estate Notebook
WASHINGTON — Rates for 30-year home loans edged lower for the second straight week, a report said Thursday,…
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Fund will offer help for some homeowners
WASHINGTON — Facing millions of foreclosures and high unemployment, President Barack Obama on Friday announced a $1.5 billion…
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Arrears mortgages begin to decline
WASHINGTON — The end of the foreclosure crisis is finally in sight. For the first time in almost…
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What retirees want
LAS VEGAS — If your idea of a dream retirement home is a luxury contemporary overlooking a championship…
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Mortgage helper needs a quitclaim deed
Question: I have a friend who couldn’t afford her house anymore and I couldn’t get financing on a…
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Snohomish County’s bargain housing won’t last
For the last couple of years, the monthly report on real estate sales in Snohomish County has sounded…
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At salvaged building materials store, people and the planet win
YAKIMA — Ten years ago, it was little more than an annual garage sale featuring leftover construction materials.
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Act soon: Tax credit deadline is April 30
Question: We are looking to buy a bigger home and we have heard that there is now a…