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December 2015 market Report

Pending Sales Surge 13% in Sept

“Intense” Holiday Market

Latest News Release By NWMLS

 

KIRKLAND, Washington (December 4, 2015) – Inventory remains “critically low,” but there are fewer house-hunters in the hunt during this holiday season so motivated sellers and buyers are seeing success, according to brokers with Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Its just-released statistics for November show year-over-year gains in pending sales, closed sales, and prices, but a steep decline in inventory.

“The housing market continues to be red-hot on a seasonal basis, but this winter will be even more intense given the dangerously low inventory,” remarked J. Lennox Scott, chairman, and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate.
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Mortgage Broker Ping Pong – It’s the Interest Rate Game – Do You Know How to Play to Sell?

Mortgage Broker Ping Pong

As a mortgage broker, you are guaranteed to enter into the ping-pong interest rate game. Are you prepared so you reduce your risk of losing the sale, without losing your commission at the same time? Let’s make sure by looking at the all-too-familiar scenario.

A mortgage broker quotes a potential borrower the best rate available at that time. The broker has answered all of the questions and concerns of his or her clients and disclosed all the relevant points. The broker explained the weaknesses in the borrower’s loan application and guided and helped the borrower(s) to resolve those issues.

 

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Streamlining the Mortgage Application Process Improves Loan Closure Rate

Streamlining the Mortgage Application Process

This blog post was originally converted from an article that I wrote during the time when I owned a mortgage bank. Your ability to borrow money is the single most important factor whether you plan to buy a home on the Eastside or anywhere else in WA. These requirements have not changed significantly, thus I am reposting it. I recently wrote a book to help homebuyers streamline the entire process. It contains a chapter on this very topic. Check it out.

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Mortgage Broker vs Real Estate Agent | What’s the Difference?

mortgage broker vs real estate agent

Real Estate and Mortgage Professionals Have A Symbiotic Relationship

Smooth, on-time, and hassle-free closings are critical to growing a business as a realtor. In fact to your very survival in the industry! If you are a good real estate broker, you work very hard to get a planned transaction to the contract stage. Once your client has entered into a purchase and sale agreement, you must rely on other service partners. This reality is an essential consideration in the entire sales process. The mortgage professional you choose to work with is the most important service provider.
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Millennials and home ownership

Millennials and home ownership

Path to homeownership:

 

Millennials’ attitude towards housing and their path to homeownership has been a hot topic for some time. Several theories have been floating around as to what is their attitude towards homeownership, what is the rationale behind their thinking that way, and how is it going to impact the housing market, and subsequently, the economy.
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