Marguerite Giguere's (getrealtacoma) Blog

There's no point in trying to hide it, I love Christmastime, especially in the City.  I will be enjoying the kick off of the Holiday Season at the Pantages Theater tomorrow night at 5pm as the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts lights up Tacoma's tree.  Afterwards, head into the theater to w...

The Federal Reserve  This morning in our weekly Crescent Realty Sales meeting, we had a visit from Paul Miller, a Mortgage Banker at National City Mortgage.  He had some great news: In a surprise move today, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the Federal Reserve will be buying up to $800 ...

By Erik Hanberg When I moved back to Tacoma in 2002 after four years away, I was blown away by the changes downtown. I loved that it was starting to feel like a real city. When I landed a job downtown, I decided I would take the plunge and move downtown as well. I chose the Bostwick building-the ...

This week in Tacoma there were 26 Houses sold and 3 Condos.  They ranged in price from $55,000 - $715,000.  The median price on Houses was $187,250 and on Condos was $172,000.  The sold houses averaged 1,844 square feet, and the condos were an average of 1,024 square feet. The average days on ma...

Here's a great article by the News Tribunes Dan Voelpel, (who is my favorite because he mentioned me and linked to my website in a story once) about Harold Allen.  Harold is retiring after 60 years in Real Estate and will be honored at Cheryl O'Brien's Installation as Tacoma Pierce County Associa...

 According to a press release I received in my email: "In connection with the streamlined modification program announced jointly by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae on November 11, 2008, Fannie Mae is instituting a halt to all foreclosure sales on occupied si...

I thought it might be interesting to take a look at two ends of the sold spectrum in the City if Tacoma. I ran a search for homes that had SOLD for over $1,000,000 since January 1st, 2008. Here she is... Miss Tacoma... The Most Expensive House to Sell in 2008 (so far!)  This house was on Ventura ...

You know you have one.  That bad christmas sweater that you got from your mom, your grandma, or some distant aunt who still thinks you're 11. In celebration of the bad christmas sweater- Doyle's Public House in Downtown Tacoma (both the Stadium District and St Helens Neighborhood claim this aweso...

Today I attended a Progressive Brokers Open in the South Hill neighborhood of Sunrise. These are not my usual stomping grounds, but since the Brokers Open was put on by my Real Estate BFF Craig, off I went! A Brokers Open is an Open House for Real Estate Agents.  They are usually held during the ...

Your accountant will probably tell you if you buy a house this year, you will have a $7,500 Tax Credit coming back from Uncle Sam. While they call it a "Tax Credit" you do have to pay it back over 15 years. I call that a no interest loan.  It goes like this, you buy a house. You'd better be a hi...