Sarah Jullion

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Name: Sarah Jullion
Date registered: May 10, 2011

Latest posts

  1. 5 reasons to buy your home now… not next Spring — November 29, 2013
  2. Why the interest rate matters for your home purchase — November 23, 2013
  3. King County Home Prices up 15% from 2012 — November 15, 2013
  4. ‘Going Faux’ can transform a home’s style — November 9, 2013
  5. Ten Reasons to Buy Your Home — November 3, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Advice for buying a home: ignore the peanut gallery! — 5 comments
  2. Experts Predict Future Increases for Housing Prices — 4 comments
  3. Next scam: Foreclosures? Housing market still beset with woes — 2 comments
  4. New loan waiting periods after deed-in-lieu or short sale — 2 comments
  5. Money flowing to bond funds keep mortgage rates low — 2 comments

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Nov 29

5 reasons to buy your home now… not next Spring

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Buyers, Market Updates

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Tender moments between father and son

Based on prices, mortgage rates and soaring rents, there may have never been a better time in real estate history to purchase a home than right now. Here are five major reasons purchasers should consider buying: Supply Is Shrinking With inventory declining in many regions, finding a home of your dreams may become more difficult going forward. …

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Nov 23

Why the interest rate matters for your home purchase

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Buyers

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mortgage interest rate-payment chart

Let’s suppose that you want to keep your mortgage payment around $1900 per month. With an interest rate of 5% you can qualify for a $360,000 home. However, if the interest rate is lower, at 4.25%, you can qualify for a home that’s $390,000. That’s $30,000 more home you can purchase for roughly the same …

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Nov 15

King County Home Prices up 15% from 2012

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Bellevue, Buyers, Homes for Sale, Market Resales

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Increased-Cost

The median price of single-family homes sold in King County last month rose to $426,000, a 15 percent increase from October 2012. October inventory higher than last year While the frenzy of home buying in early summer sent the median price to $434,000 in July, the highest level in five years, October’s activity showed a …

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Nov 09

‘Going Faux’ can transform a home’s style

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Home maintenance

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It’s called “Going Faux” ‘Going Faux” means turning homes into something they basically are not through prefab architectural embellishments and eye-tricking wall finishes. Enthusiasts say there’s no reason for even the most budget-conscious among us to live a cookie cutter existence. A homeowner can change anything with desire and patience — even ambitious projects, such as making the interior …

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Nov 03

Ten Reasons to Buy Your Home

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Buyers, First Time Homebuyers, US Real Estate

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Still wondering if it’s wise to buy your own home? Quality of life – a home provides stability and security for you and your loved ones, and membership within a community of neighbors. Pride of home ownership – a home is a personal haven, a place that you can decorate, shape, and share over time …

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Oct 26

Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ worldwide dance Oct 26th 2pm

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Bellevue Community, Crossroads

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Crossroads Oct 26
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Oct 24

Home sales for Puget Sound: August 2013

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Market Updates

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Bellevue

Here’s the most current housing data for the Puget Sound counties of King, Pierce and Snohomish. King County home prices are up from last year about 12% overall from 2012, and, the sheer number of sales is up 22%. The inventory, or number, of homes for sale is mixed from last year with fewer homes for sale in …

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Oct 23

As the leaves fall, so have house prices fallen in the Seattle area

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Home Prices, Home Valuation, Seattle, Seattle Area Real Estate, US Real Estate

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Sold

Single-family home prices in King County saw a remarkable run from January to July, when the median price hit $434,000, a 24% increase in just seven months. Sounds like a 2006 market, doesn’t it? Then a jump in mortgage rates took some steam out of the market. In August, the median sale price slipped almost 1%. …

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Oct 23

Puget Sound rent increases lead the nation

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Rentals, Seattle-Bellevue

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Seattle area rents up 6% in one year Apartment rents in the Seattle area rose faster in the past year than in any of the 81 other major U.S. metros tracked by a leading property-research firm. New York-based Reis reports the average asking rent in the Seattle area climbed 6% in the past 12 months, outpacing …

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Sep 05

Seattle area rental demand high… and so are rents

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Rentals

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HomeInvestment

Low housing inventory, a growing population of young tech-company workers and changing attitudes about when to buy a home are all contributing to rent increases throughout the Seattle metro area. Even after hundreds of new units opened up in Seattle this year, demand and rent prices have continued to move up and show no signs of …

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