Washington Real Estate Blog

Blogging consistently takes discipline and eventually we all face writter's block so I thought I'd share a source of SEO relevant blogging material with you.  It is "Notices of Application" for permits available from the City Hall Planning Offices of your market areas.  In addition to being a Tec...

As the Vice-Chair of the City of Edgewood Planning Commission, I received copies of two "Notices of Application" last week.The Uriarte Preliminary Short PlatThis is a request to subdivide a vacant 2.69 acre parcel into 3 building lots.  The location is at 3601 Freeman Rd and lies within the Singl...

We frequently enjoy the boat shows at various times of the year and various locations around Puget Sound Washington.  Next week (Sept 12 - 16) the 2007 Lake Union Boats Afloat Show returns to Lake Union for the third year in a row.  Promoted as the "largest ever in the water boat show", this even...

Several builders with inventory in the City of Edgewood have many homes still on the market that have been completed for over a year.  Buyers should be aware that if at all possible, Builders must receive a price very very close to their "asking" or "listing" price.  This is important, allowing t...

Last Tuesday the Edgewood City Council agreed that the Edgewood Planning Commission should review land use along the new City Center portion of the Meridian corridor.  The Council's concern isthere is more proposed residential development occurring where some commercial uses were envisioned and d...

I monitored more online Buyer inquiries than expected this Labor Day weekend but they were mixed with a new surge of online spam.  The Bank Of America ID thieves are back at it again, sending generic authentic looking messages that prompt you to update account information.  Spammers are also subm...

In a previous post I used tools at compete.com to compare traffic rankings of the websites for companies based in Washington State.  The websites are broken down into two categories:  (1) those serving up NWMLS listing data only and (2) those serving up listing data from multiple states.  I haven...

I have to chuckle almost every time that I use the spell checking utility here on ActiveRain's text editor.  (the "abc" icon in the editor's tool bar)To start with; the program doesn't recognize "Activerain" ... suggesting the word be separated into "active rain" or hyphenated as "Active-Rain".  ...

It's no surprise that Buyer behavior is changing as the summer winds down and school starts back up with the approach of autumn.  The Google Analytics tools do a really good job of documenting this seasonal transition.  Since late spring, our most productive keyword search phrases have been recre...

National holidays are not usually very fruitful when trying to generate new real estate business.  Sure, you can take care of the busy work and clear off your desk ... but your potential Buyers and Sellers usually have plans that conflict with a meeting with you.I remember Labor Day as not fittin...