Introducing SpyDoor: Your Home’s Value/ Your Neighbor’s Home Value/ Any Home Down the Street

 Introducing SpyDoor; The Cascade Team’s Automated Valuation Solution  

1. The only home valuation tool to go “Hyper”-Local with communities as small as 10 homes. 
2. Blending fully integrated MLS Sold, Active and Pending data with Tax records and County Assessed values.
3. Ability to manually adjust values such as: # of Beds, Baths, sq ft, etc
4. Full demographics down to the Hyper Local level 
5. Pull school boundaries with regular updates from State and county websites.
   

Your Home’s Value/ Your Neighbor’s Home Value/ Any Home Down the Street

The Cascade Team has deployed a class of an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) that has stood the test of time. It employs both a Hedonic modeling approach and Market Comp approach yielding…

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More Results Update from The Cascade Team: QUICKER SALES, GREATER SAVINGS, MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET

List by The Cascade Team Broker: Matt Mcgaffey

 List by The Cascade Team Broker: Marisa Ormando

List by The Cascade Team Broker: Diego J Vitelli

List by The Cascade Team Broker: Matt Jensen

See all the results HERE: 

CURRENTLY:

• 61% Of The Cascade Team Listings are Sold in 3 Days or Less
• 47% Receive Multiple Offers
• Our average Seller saves over $12,000 in commissions
• See our Web Page: http://www.thecascadeteam.com/results.php For more info!

LOOKING TO SELL YOUR HOME 

A FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FOR HOME SELLERS

The Cascade Team provides a full service experience that is a step above; by executing a marketing plan that is unique to your home, rich in technology and high in service.  We…

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Ouch! Three Ways You Can Kiss Your Earnest Money Goodbye

By Beth Braverman

The earnest money deposit—the cash you offer to essentially call dibs on a house—is one of the most important and misunderstood parts of the home-buying process.

Depending on where you live, you can expect to put down anywhere from 1% to even 10% of the home’s purchase price as earnest money. (In some highly competitive markets, buyers are making even larger deposits in an effort to stand out.) An earnest money deposit tells a seller you are serious about closing. Without earnest money, you could theoretically make offers on multiple homes, essentially taking them off the market until you decide which one you like best.

Don’t worry—the seller isn’t going to run off to Aruba with your cash. It remains in an escrow account or…

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Seahawks QB Russell Wilson Buys $6.7M Bellevue Mansion along Lake Washington

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Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson purchased a $6.7 million waterfront mansion along Lake Washington a month after signing his $87.6 million contract, TMZ reported Wednesday.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signed an $87.5 million contract that would keep him here for at least the next four years. Now Wilson knows exactly where he'll be spending that time. The Super Bowl winner has just purchased a seven-bedroom, 10,700-square-foot mansion in the Meydenbauer Bay area of Bellevue for $6.7 million. PSBJ…

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Buying Your Dream Home in a Hotly Contested Market

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Have you found the house of your dreams yet? If you've found a property you love, you now need to decide how much you're willing to offer. You want to be conservative enough that you get a good deal, but you don't want to bid so low that you risk losing the house. The following are some questions that need to be answered prior to making an offer:

• How long has the house been on the market? The longer it's been on the market, the more flexible the sellers are likely to be.
• How much are people paying for similar properties in the area?
• How much can you afford?
• Are you pre-approved for a loan? If so, you will…

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For The Fifth Month This Year, Pending Home Sales Outpaced The Number Of New Listings Added To The Market.

See more results like above HERE: 

• King County Prices up 13.2% YTD
• Sales Volume up 12%
• Area-Wide Prices up 9.6%
• Condo Prices in King County up 19.6%

KIRKLAND, Washington (September 3, 2015) – Some brokers from Northwest Multiple Listing Service detected a slowdown in housing activity during August, "but nowhere near what is typical," according to one industry veteran. Among MLS leaders who commented on the service’s latest report, expectations for the remainder of 2015 ranged from one who predicted "we’re on the cusp of a slowdown," to others describing activity as "torrid" and saying "sales will continue at a fast pace."

Newly released statistics show solid gains for several indicators used to track activity, including…

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Proud Dad Blog: Keenan Porter To Play in 2015 Honor Bowl w/ Eastside Catholic Football Team

Just taking a moment to be a proud Dad on today’s blog. Tomorrow morning my son Keenan will be getting up around 3:30 AM and heading with the rest of the Eastside Catholic Varsity Football Team to travel down to San Diego for the 2015 Honor Bowl. While they will be missing a few days of school each one of them are expected and required to keep up on their studies and homework while traveling, along with having daily practices in advance of the game. 

It’s been great to see Keenan mature into such a great young man, maintain good grades, and excel at a sport he loves so much. While keeping an A-B grade point average last year, the freshman team he played on went undefeated while last year’s varsity team won the State 3A Championship (We beat…

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Fannie: The Economy Underperforms

Fannie: The Economy Underperforms

Economic growth was weaker than expected in the second quarter and that's prompted a less optimistic outlook for the remainder of the year, according to Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research Group.

Continued headwinds from a strong dollar and renewed drops in crude oil prices are expected to continue to pose economic challenges in the latest quarter, Fannie Mae economists note. But the housing market is expected to contribute to more growth this year in the economy. The main housing indicators are all well-above year-ago levels year-over-year.

"While consumer spending growth picked up as we expected in the second quarter of this year, other components disappointed," says Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae chief…

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WalletHub: 13 Best Places to Retire

WalletHub: 13 Best Places to Retire

WalletHub recently compared 24 key metrics in 150 of the largest U.S. cities to find the most retirement-friendly hotspots. The data sets they used ranged from measuring the cost of living and recreational activities to the percentage of the elderly population.

The following cities topped WalletHub's list of the most retirement-friendly places:
1.Tampa, Fla.
2.Scottsdale, Ariz.
3.Boise, Idaho
4.Cape Coral, Fla.
5.Orlando, Fla.
6.Sioux Falls, S.D.
7.Baton Rouge, La.
8.Port St. Lucie, Fla.
9.Overland Park, Kan.
10.Peoria, Ariz.
11.St. Petersburg, Fla.
12.Lincoln, Neb.
13.Springfield, Mo.
14.Amarillo, Texas
15.Pembroke Pines, Fla.

View the full rankings of the 150 cities and more about the methodology used at WalletHub.

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'Black Monday' Rattles Housing Market

'Black Monday' Rattles Housing Market

 Chinese home buyers, in particular, may be more cautious in entering the U.S. housing market following Monday's massive stock market sell-off that sent stocks tumbling, according to housing analysts. The sell-off began in Beijing on Monday and sent shares plunging by record amounts across the globe. Chinese media dubbed it "Black Monday" as markets fell nearly 8.5 percent there.

In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 1,000 points just minutes after the opening bell alone on Monday. The Dow made up some ground later in the afternoon but still closed nearly 600 points in the red.

John Burns, CEO and owner of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, explained in a blog post that Chinese…

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