Bob Chapman - Washington Real Estate Page Blog

Bob Chapman, Windermere Real Estate/Lake Stevens, is experienced as a real estate Short Sale Specialist in King & Snohomish County, Washington State. I have the knowledge and expertise to help you in either providing assistance to Seller's in the Short Sale selling process or Buying a Short Sale ...

Interest rates are near historic lows. Housing prices have tumbled, in some areas as much as 25% or more. In other areas prices are actually starting to go up slightly. Most regions are showing signs of price stabilization. What are you waiting for? Santa won't be back for another year! FHA loans...

Just as interest rates reach near historical lows, thus spurring some real estate Buyer activity, old man winter throws a cold icy blanket on the scene. The unusually harsh winter weather in the Pacific Northwest, especially the greater Pudet Sound region, has sent potential home buyer's to the w...

Compared to one year ago, Northwest MLS median prices for single family homes and condos fell by approximately 9.5% for properties having closed sales in November 2008. Learn more @ Bob's Bugle - Monthly Real Estate Newsletter. FREE MLS homes and land search anywhere in Washington State. No sign-...

Foreclosed and Bank Owned homes are beginning to have an impact by lowering median prices of broker listed homes in the Northwest MLS statistics. Learn more @ Bob's Bugle - Monthly Real Estate Newsletter. FREE MLS homes and land search anywhere in Washington State. No sign-in or log-in required! ...

NW Multiple Listing Service broker listed inventory of condominiums was up slightly from one year ago by 1.4%. Learn more @ Bob's Bugle - Monthly Real Estate Newsletter. FREE MLS homes and land search anywhere in Washington State. No sign-in or log-in required! Click on this link: http://www.wash...

Total homes and condos listed for sale thru broker members of the Northwest MLS in Washington State dropped slightly in the month of November with 9 of the total 19 counties served by the multiple reporting declines. FREE MLS homes and land search anywhere in Washington State. No sign-in or log-i...

The FED continues to test the wind with low mortgage interest rate teasers. For a couple of weeks now we have been hearing rumors of a 4.5% rate. Today, a regulator with FNMA, stated that he thinks rates will eventually drop to as low as 3.5%, but he did not know how soon that would be. Buyer's w...

The Northwest MLS, which serves 19 counties in central and western Washington State, including the greater Puget Sound region real estate market, reported 5,194 pending sales of homes and condominiums for November, 2007. This number was down from November, 2006 in which 7,022 pending sales were p...

The latest data from the Northwest Multiple List Service, November, 2007, indicates that there has been very little price change between this year and last. Homes and Condos active listings for sale are up 31 percent, year over year, but down 6.3% from October, 2007.The numbers also show the norm...