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Selling a Home When Is a Home Seller Paid? Understanding the Closing Process When Is a Home Seller Paid? Understanding the Closing Process A successful home sale doesn’t end with an accepted offer. Behind every closing is a carefully coordinated process involving escrow, title, lenders, and legal documentation-all working together to ensure ownership is transferred securely and funds are distributed correctly. Knowing what happens during the final stretch can […]
Living Private listings are creating a buyer problem. How will we solve it? Private listings are creating a buyer problem. How will we solve it? This article was originally published by Inman News on July 27, 2026.  The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust just sent letters to Compass CEO Robert Reffkin and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) CEO Rebecca Jensen, demanding briefings on the companies’ private listing partnership. Congress […]
Buying a Home Pros and Cons of Buying New Construction Pros and Cons of Buying New Construction For many buyers, there’s something exciting about being the first person to live in a home. New construction offers modern layouts, updated finishes, and the opportunity to start fresh without taking on someone else’s renovation projects. While buying a newly built home has plenty of advantages, it also comes with […]
Local Market News 2026 Second Quarter Regional Real Estate Report 2026 Second Quarter Regional Real Estate Report This is a recurring series of blog posts taking a closer look at the U.S. economy and several major regional markets in Windermere’s nine-state footprint. Updates will be released on a quarterly basis. Economic Overview At the start of the second quarter, new geopolitical turmoil threatened to derail […]
Buying a Home Return to Office Is Changing Seattle Real Estate — And Prime Locations Are About to Get Pricier Return to Office Is Changing Seattle Real Estate – And Prime Locations Are About to Get Pricier Let’s talk about something that’s quietly reshaping the Seattle real estate market: return to office. I’m not talking about the construction traffic on I-5 – that’s its own ongoing Seattle saga. I’m talking about the shift happening right […]
Buying a Home Seattle Tech Employees: How to Use Your RSUs to Buy a Home Without a Surprise Tax Bill Seattle Tech Employees: How to Use Your RSUs to Buy a Home Without a Surprise Tax Bill If you work in tech in Seattle, a significant portion of your compensation is probably tied up in RSUs, stock options, or an ESPP. And if you’re thinking about buying a home, you’ve probably already started doing the […]
Buying a Home The Real Reason People Buy Second Homes — It’s Not About Real Estate The Real Reason People Buy Second Homes – It’s Not About Real Estate We had a very special closing recently. Dear friends of ours purchased a home right near ours in Suncadia. Same neighborhood, close enough that the kids can walk between houses. And sitting with that for a moment, I want to talk about […]
Buying a Home I Said No Twice This Week. Here’s Why That’s Good for You I Said No Twice This Week. Here’s Why That’s Good for You. I said no twice this week. Both times, it was to things I genuinely wanted to do and would have loved to help with. And both times, I’m glad I said it. Why Saying No Is Part of Doing Good Work One of […]
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Selling a Home 3 Questions to Ask Your Listing Broker Before You Sign Anything 3 Questions to Ask Your Listing Broker Before You Sign Anything A lot of our business comes from referrals – people we haven’t worked with before, who are introduced to us through someone who has. When we sit down with those sellers for the first time, they often don’t know exactly what to ask. So […]
Buying a Home The Questions Every Home Buyer Should Ask Their Agent Before They Find the House They Love The Questions Every Home Buyer Should Ask Their Agent Before They Find the House They Love A lot of our business is repeat and referral – people who’ve worked with us before or who come through someone who has. But we also work with buyers who are meeting us for the first time, and those […]
Selling a Home Thinking About Selling This Fall? You Need to Start Earlier Than You Think Thinking About Selling This Fall? You Need to Start Earlier Than You Think Every August, we say the same thing: fall comes faster than sellers expect. And every fall, we work with sellers who wish they’d called us in August. So consider this your PSA. Why Fall Prep Starts in August The Seattle and Eastside […]
Local Market News Middle Housing Legislation in the Puget Sound: What Seattle and Eastside Homeowners Need to Know Middle Housing Legislation in the Puget Sound: What Seattle and Eastside Homeowners Need to Know If you own property in the Puget Sound region, there’s legislation affecting what can be built on your lot that you should understand – even if you never plan to develop it yourself. Middle housing has arrived in most of […]
Buying a Home The Suncadia Real Estate Market in 2026: More Options, More Buyer Power The Suncadia Real Estate Market in 2026: More Options, More Buyer Power We had clients close on a home at the Cabins in the Farm in Suncadia recently, and it got me thinking about how the market there has shifted – and why right now is actually a genuinely good time to be a buyer. […]
Buying a Home What It’s Actually Like to Own a Home at Suncadia (The Real Deal) What It’s Actually Like to Own a Home at Suncadia (The Real Deal) There’s fractional ownership, and then there’s actually owning a home. I want to be clear about what we help people do at Suncadia: full ownership. A real home that’s yours. We’ve owned at Suncadia for five years. This year has been our […]
Buying a Home Why Suncadia Is Our Favorite Second Home Market Near Seattle Why Suncadia Is Our Favorite Second Home Market Near Seattle I could talk about Suncadia all day. We own a house there. We’ve owned it for five years. And when clients ask me for my honest recommendation on where to buy a second home in the Pacific Northwest, my answer is almost always the same: […]
Buying a Home How Real Estate Agents Actually Get Paid — The Honest Explanation How Real Estate Agents Actually Get Paid – The Honest Explanation Someone asked me recently – not a buyer or seller, just someone curious – “How do you guys actually get paid?” It’s a good question and one I’m happy to answer plainly. We Pay the Brokerage – Not the Other Way Around Here’s the […]
Home Improvements Water Leak Protection for Seattle Homeowners: Three Options at Every Price Point Water Leak Protection for Seattle Homeowners: Three Options at Every Price Point Water damage is one of the most common – and most expensive – homeowner insurance claims in the Pacific Northwest. Between our rainfall, our older housing stock, and the trend toward upstairs laundry rooms in newer homes, the conditions are right for leaks […]
Home Maintenance Seattle’s Flooding Season Is a Wake-Up Call: When Did You Last Check Your Home Insurance? Seattle’s Flooding Season Is a Wake-Up Call: When Did You Last Check Your Home Insurance? Seattle has had some genuinely wild weather lately. We’re talking an abnormal amount of rainfall over a very short period, which led to flooding and water damage situations across the area that many homeowners were not prepared for. I want […]
Buying a Home The Final Walkthrough: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What Your Agent Should Be Doing The Final Walkthrough: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What Your Agent Should Be Doing We have buyers in contracts right now, and I realized we haven’t talked much about the final walkthrough on here. Let’s fix that. What Is a Final Walkthrough? A final walkthrough is the buyer’s last opportunity to inspect the […]
Buying a Home Where Seattle Buyers Are Actually Coming From (The Data Might Surprise You) Where Seattle Buyers Are Actually Coming From (The Data Might Surprise You) I was looking at migration data on Realtor.com recently – they have a great interactive tool that shows exactly where people are moving from and moving to, by county – and I thought it was worth sharing what I found. Who’s Moving to […]
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