Tatiana Ivanova - Real Estate Broker - John L Scott

03/03/2022

A reminder of new fees for high-balance and second home loans starting April 1st. As we are in the area of hight cost housing market, this will affect buyers here, especially with high over list prices. For the record, the article doesn't say about Seattle area, but here in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties the conforming loan limit is $891,250. So, if you get a loan higher than this number, you are going to pay higher loan fees depending on your downpayment amount.
https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/fannie-freddie-add-high-balance-loan-fees/
Talk to the lender about these extra fees.

The new charges target borrowers buying high-cost or vacation homes.

02/01/2022

Happy Lunar New Year!

01/25/2022

Look at this numbers! 3 years ago $1.2M house on Eastside was a luxury one, now it's a starter home. Homeowners had considerable equity growth without lifting a finger.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/five-takeaways-from-seattles-red-hot-2021-housing-market/

01/14/2022

Real Estate Market Update for you.

01/05/2022

Housing Market Update, December recap. Eastside and Snohomish County.
The prediction for 2022 - slight increase in interest rates, housing price going up a bit, not as drastically as the last year, number of homes for sale will increase as a result of new construction, but there still will be competition between buyers, as we still experience housing shortage.

01/01/2022

Wishing everyone a year of love, health and success!

12/15/2021

Here's some perspective for you as to what a crazy housing market is. Not in WA for now. But who knows? We've witnessed enough shocking stuff.
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/modest-home-in-san-francisco-sells-for-1m-over-ask-can-it-happen-in-seattle?fbclid=IwAR2U9f0OmMLVDcnuRCZDzfoGBVHJosSiG0WJend_mpCCu_Z5g5D8AXJ1g2s

A modest, four-bedroom home that recently sold in San Francisco for $1 million over the asking price has alarmed local real estate agents in a market that is used to seeing deals close above the price being sought by sellers. KPIX-TV reported that the house, which has 2,400-square-feet of space, a t...

12/05/2021

Map of Christmas lights for you to visit.

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11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

11/08/2021

Housing Market Update for you. Still hot, still great interest rates.
Have questions? I am here :)

11/01/2021

Lumber prices and labor shortage will affect new construction and remodeling prices.
https://therealdeal.com/2021/10/31/lumber-prices-head-higher-as-pandemic-rollercoaster-take-another-spin/?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=after_article&utm_campaign=related_article

10/20/2021

Forecast by Freddie Mac - increasing interest rates and slower house price growth in 2022.
http://www.freddiemac.com/research/forecast/20211015_quarterly_economic_forecast.page