The Egerer & Weidauer Home Team Blog

For those of you who have the privilege of living in Shoreline, you know that it is a great city. Shoreline was featured in Seattle magazine as the #1 best neighborhood in the Seattle area. We have a lot to be proud of! We are an ever growing city that just seems to be getting better and better. ...

Fannie/Freddie Bailout Situation For those of you who haven't heard yet, federal officials announced their takeover efforts of mortgage firms, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Talk of the takeover has been going on all summer and Sunday they were finalized and the two companies will now be overseen by...

We all know that Seattle is the best city ever - and now the rest of the world does too! Two major magazines, National Geographic Adventure and The Smithsonian, feature articles in their September issues about how wonderful our fair city is. National Geographic picked the top 50 best places for t...

Being a player in this market is a tough one. Buyer's are hesitant to buy and seller's are weary of weather or not their listings will sell. Because of all the fear floating around, more fear comes as a result. We are in a self perpetuating real estate crisis! In order to get things moving again,...

"Sellers need to know that correct pricing is and always has been the key to a successful marketing process." says agent Chelsey Samonte. (Price Shopping-True Value, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, September 2008) Pricing a home correctly and in line with the market value from the beginning will s...

It always makes me wonder why it's called a buyers market. That would imply that buyers were buying. Right now it seems very few buyers are actually buying. We can all agree that the financial outlook for a lot of Americans is not a pretty one right now but really, what is with the reluctance? No...

There are many contributing factors to the housing mess we are in today. One in particular is the homeowners who purchased homes, taking out loans that they honestly just couldn't afford. Fast forward to today and these same people are trying to stay afloat and avoid foreclosure.   During the rec...

I just discovered something cool that Xerox is doing. If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com, you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is serving overseas to show your appreciation and support for their service to our country. "The...

Last month, J.D. Power & Associates put out their annual report on real estate buyer and seller satisfaction, based on the largest national real estate companies. According to the report, Keller Williams was ranked #1 for buyer satisfaction. Overall satisfaction is determined by examining three f...

If you've been sitting on the fence wondering if now is a great time to buy, make sure you read ALL of this! You'll thank us later. On July 30th, President Bush signed the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008," an incredibly life-altering bill that ensures great benefits to anyone new to pu...