Julie's Escrow Blog

Job gains continued in February  OLYMPIA - Washington added an estimated 800 jobs in February and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent from January's revised rate of 9.2 percent. The big gainer in February was the construction industry, which added an estimated 3,900 jobs. Other industrie...

The Science of Sound in Satsop Part of Satsops unused nuclear power plant has just been leased by Ron Sauro, president of NWAA Labs for the purposes of testing sound absorption and transamission properties of building materials such as windows, doors and acoustical materials used in wall structur...

Waives penalties and interest on certain unpaid Washington State business taxes OLYMPIA - Feb. 1, 2011 - The Department of Revenue's first-ever tax amnesty program begins today. Qualifying businesses with overdue taxes can apply to pay them without associated penalties and interest from Feb. 1 th...

Washington State's Department of Revenue Seeks Business Input on Tax Simplification OLYMPIA - Jan. 27, 2011 - Have an idea on how Washington can simplify its tax system to help small businesses? If so, the Department of Revenue would like to hear from you through an online survey at http://dor.wa...

Washington businesses to get $43 million tax break on 2010 taxes  OLYMPIA - Washington employers will save an estimated $43 million in federal taxes in 2010 because they hired certain hard-to-place job seekers. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit provides up to $2,400 in tax savings per worker to bus...

THURSDAY CAREER FAIR...Jobs will be available in Administration, Aerospace, Customer Service, Food Service, IT, Sales, Software Development and More. Please see web site for complete list..THE SEATTLE CAREER FAIRThursday, January 20, 201110:30am to 2:00pmThe Seattle Center(Northwest Meeting Rooms...

What is The Massachusetts Decision? On Friday the 7th of January, 2011 the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled against US Bancorp & Wells Fargo and reversed their foreclosures because the banks failed to prove that they owned the mortgages when they foreclosed.In an article in USA Today, The Associ...

What Is MERS & How Is It Involved In Our Housing Crises? MERS stands for Mortgage Electronic Registration System. In the early 90's I started to hear about the creation of MERS and how it would streamline the payoff processes for mortgage loans.  It certainly was/is the "go to" place on the web t...

Washington Service Corps active in MLK Day activities  OLYMPIA - The Washington Service Corps, a branch of the state Employment Security Department, will participate in an array of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events beginning on Jan. 15 in communities across Washington.  The events include food an...

Department of Revenue Offers Free Workshops for Holders of Unclaimed Property                 OLYMPIA - Jan. 11, 2011-The Department of Revenue is offering free workshops for businesses, local governments and other organizations that must by law report unclaimed property to the state.            ...