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There are a number of programs currently available to homeowners offering tax credits or rebates for making your home more energy efficient. This is a great way to save money on your monthly heating, cooling and electric costs and also recoup some of the upfront investment. The Federal Government...
01/28/2010
The stats are in! Year end closed sales totaled 4,664 down 5% from 2008 when 4,910 closed sales were reported. Interestingly, halfway through 2009 closed sales were down nearly 23%, so activity picked up significantly in the second half of 2009.  Year end average sales price for residential site-...
01/26/2010
When it comes to buying or selling dirt, LeRoy (my husband and real estate partner) is the person you want to talk to! We have listed and sold a number of parcels; everything from small building lots to thousand-acre tracts. I grew up on a farm, so you would think that I would have a good sense o...
12/14/2009
A recent report from the Pew Research Center found that older adults feel younger out west. Fully 78% of adults ages 65 and older who live in the West say they don't feel old, compared with 67% of older adults who live in the rest of the country. We like to toot our own horn here in Spokane and t...
12/11/2009
By now you have probably heard the phrase "Information wants to be free." In this digital age, that seems to be the case. There are loads of free tools, programs, information and downloads available online today. Here's my humble (and certainly incomplete) list of online freebies that I think may...
11/12/2009
Many factors go into buying a home, but one important factor is always “Am I getting a good value?” Buyers constantly weigh all of their reasons for buying, and a few buyers are considering putting off their purchase until the spring to see where the market is headed. However, there are several i...
10/20/2009
While owning a home has multiple benefits, there is another bonus for First Time Homebuyers for the next few months: An $8,000 First Time Homebuyer IRS Tax Credit! This “Gift”, given to First Time Homebuyers from the government, does not have to be paid back. This incentive, combined with histori...
09/08/2009
The 2009 Stimulus package included a "refundable" tax credit worth up to $8,000 for taxpayers who purchase their first home between January 1 and November 30, 2009. While it is a great incentive for first-time buyers, the funds are not available until after the purchase when buyers file and recei...
05/12/2009
Man, I love the Zags. Me and everyone else in Spokane. They played an outstanding game today and won in a thriller against 12-seed Western Kentucky. The “Hilltoppers” (goofy name-good team) tied it with just seven seconds to go. Daye inbounded to Demetri Goodson who went coast to coast and banked...
03/21/2009
Unless you have been living in a cave, you most likely know that the U.S. Economy is at its lowest point in recent history.  That is certainly not good news. But there is a silver lining:  Mortgage rates tend to fall when economic news is bad.  Basically, mortgage rates are tied to the Bond marke...
03/16/2009
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