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While purchasing a house may mostly be about having a place to call “home,” it can also be seen as a lifetime investment. Making a few repairs—and even some cost-effective renovations—can not only skyrocket your home’s value, but can make it a more enjoyable place to live. We tapped into our network of Pros to uncover seven of the most valuable repairs you can make for the long term, whether or not you plan to sell in the future.

1. Fix Up the Exterior

As the saying goes, you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, whether it’s with your new neighbor or a future buyer. Repairing any broken doors, damaged screens, or cracks in your front walk can really make a difference. You might want to consider having your siding…

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By Tom Corrigan

Three residential projects, all in the construction phase, could add up to nearly 650 new residences to the Issaquah Highlands.

The projects are designated as official Urban Villages, according to Lucy Sloman, land development manager for the city. All three projects are making use of the city’s standardized Urban Village zoning.

  • Issaquah Terrace, also known as Lakeside Terrace, will consist of 268 rental units in 12 garden-style buildings with additional rental townhouses along Lupine Street in the narrow throat of the project site. It is being developed by Polygon Northwest, and sits northeast of the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride.
  • The Brownstones development, also a Polygon project, is rising southeast of the…

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Potential home buyers say they aren’t concerned about navigating the home-buying process, but a deeper look shows that their anxiety is high. A new national survey from Chase Bank called "Insights From the Mind of the Homebuyer,” shows that more buyers are anxious about the buying process (70 percent) than they are about getting a root canal (64 percent) or public speaking (62 percent).Learn how your market expertise can help calm anxious clients.

The survey, based on responses from more than 1,000 consumers, also found that home-buying can cause tension among couples. One-third of home-buying couples say they’ve been bickering with their partner during the process. One reason for the spats may be the budget. Men and women show differences in their…

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Please join us for an amazing Saturday Open House Treasure hunt, featuring some of the best homes on the market in your local area! Homes will be featured on Star 101.5, KOMO Radio, Local Television, and publications like The Sammamish Review, Sno-Valley Star, Issaquah Press, and Woodinville Weekly along with extensive on-line and full Social Media exposure.

Home Sellers and Buyers can participate and make this an experience like none-other! Just click on the Seller or Buyer icons below to learn more or call us at 425-313-4752

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The Cascade Team Agents are Full Service. We are a real estate company like no other, because of the tools, service and savings we provide our clients with. We…

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Your Home is your greatest investment! Know these questions and answers before you interview! The difference can cost you thousands!

1.  Do you provide a true website presence for my home? This is more than a splash site with a few pictures.  Click HERE for Answer!

2.  Do you syndicate my home, and PAY for premiere placement?  Click HERE for Answer!

3.  Do you advertise my home on Social Media: This is MORE than just Facebook!  Click HERE for Answer!

4.  Do you provide a full 3D Walkthrough Virtual Tour or just have shifting focus over still pictures and call that a virtual tour?  Click HERE for Answer!

5.  What is your strategy to generate multiple offers for my home?  Click HERE for Answer!

6.  Are you still using paper flyers…

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KIRKLAND, Washington (April 6, 2015) – Buyer anxiety is rising as the pace of home sales is faster than brokers are able to replenish inventory, according to members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Figures just released for March show 11,408 pending sales during the month while only 10,505 sellers listed their homes for sale during the same period.

"The frenzy market has returned and is in full bloom in King and Snohomish counties. Listings are selling as soon as they come on the market for sale," said J. Lennox Scott, chairman and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate.

The multiple offer market has become commonplace on well-priced new listings, observed John Deely, principal managing broker at Coldwell Banker Bain. However, he cautioned,…

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Right now in April of 2015 61% of The Cascade Team's Homes listed for sale are selling in the first 3 days AND 47% are receiving multiple offers!

The Cascade Team “Push/Pull” Technology is designed to not only “Push” your homes information out to the public and other agents BUT to also “Pull” potential buyers and multiple offers back in!

From Syndication, Text, Website lead capture, and Automated Feedback system we capture the contact information for every buyer and agent who looks at your home…. Then we can notify them of offers or Open Houses to help generate maximum interest and multiple offers!

Learn more about "Push-Pull" Technology and everything The Cascade Does to our market the competition when it comes to selling your home HERE!

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It all begins with a Personal Property Website custom built for your home!

Your Home’s Personal Property Website becomes the center attraction of an all out media blitz to Websites, Other Agents, Buyers, and an array of Social Media outlets.

More than just a splash page or a simple 5 page website, The Cascade Team provides a fully responsive website for your home. Your website if fully optimized and can be easily viewed and shared on laptops, smart phones, tablets and through Social Media.

  • Our site can have up to 100 photos of your home
  • Full 3D Virtual Tour of your home
  • Links to nearby schools
  • Local amenities shown
  • Demographics of the city where your home is located
  • Map and Directions
  • Bird’s eye view
  • Request a showing
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Sammamish, Washington, is tops in income. Nerdwallet.com recently published a new study putting a whopping 73.7% of households in Sammamish at more than $100,000 per year. More than a quarter of the households top $200,000 per year.

In all, six suburbs in the Seattle metro area are in the top 100 including Mercer Island, Redmond, Bainbridge Island, Maple Valley and Mukilteo.

Click on the map below to get the high-income housing statistics.

See all of the updated Sammamish Market Stats Here!

Learn more about Sammamish Schools here:

Finding a neighborhood with great schools is one of the more important concerns when shopping for a home. You can click on the picture below to do some wonderful comparisons at the Great Schools…

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Search Online For The Perfect Home

Searching the world wide web to find that perfect home to buy has become really popular. Ninety percent of people today use the internet to search for their home. There are many ways to search the internet to find a home. You can use search engines or general websites. You can also use digital maps found online, or applications on your mobile device.

In the past four years there have been a two hundred and fifty three percent jump in real estate online searches. The average person will search eleven different searches before trying to purchase a home.

Mobile Influence

Mobile devices play a key role in internet real estate searching today. Twenty percent of all online searches are made from a mobile…

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