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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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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 website. Then by clicking HERE or on the Advanced Search tab one of the selections you can choose is to search by homes that are aligned with the school or schools of your choice be they High School, Middle, Elementary or some combination. Other detailed information available from our community reports includes nearby public amenities, shopping, demographics, and median household income.  




Have A Home To Sell Or Wonder What Your Home Is Worth?

Community & School Reports

The Cascade Team Real Estate has made it easier than ever to…

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Beautiful Trossachs Home Listed AND Sold by The Cascade Team Over Asking Price in 5 Days! Check out our Home Seller Marketing plan HERE and see how we can do the same for you. Right now www.TheCascadeTeam.com is selling 60% of our listings in the first 3 days and 47% are receiving multiple offers!

Price $850,000

  • Beds 4
  • Baths 2½
  • Sq. Ft. 3,213
  • Lot Size 13202
  • Built 1996

2223 273rd Ct SE, Sammamish

Picture perfect Buchan home, in elegant Braemore enclave of Trossachs. This home has it all; newly refinished hardwoods, formal living and dining, 2 cozy gas fireplaces and ideal floor plan with main floor den and upstairs bonus room. Epicurean kitchen with shaker cabinets, high-end stainless appliances, planning desk and slab…

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Are you looking for more than just property listings? Would you like to learn about neighborhoods in the local real estate market? We have tons of great information about market conditions, nearby amenities, local schools, and much more in our communities section. Simply select the community or neighborhood you'd like to read more about, or call me for the inside scoop. I would be happy to share my knowledge of the area with you. Get a Free Community Report HERE:

The Cascade Team Real Estate has made it easier than ever to learn more about your local schools and neighborhood. The Cascade Team community and school reports are your local source for demographic and school district information. Compare local demographics, neighborhood amenities and…

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Smart home appliances and technology are becoming more mainstream in homes throughout the country. Products and features once reserved for only the highest priced properties are now found in homes across the United States at various price points. The proliferation of this technology is not only changing the way Americans live, it’s also changing their tastes and expectations when shopping for real estate—so much so that making your home “smart” may be smarter than you think.

A survey of more than 500 Real Estate Brokers found: 

• Buyers are asking, “How smart is this home?”: Nearly two in three (64 percent) of the sales associates surveyed agreed that buyers today are more interested in homes with smart home features and technology than they…

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Early Spring Brings Bumper Crop of Homebuyers Who Face Inventory Drought  

Brokers around the Northwest MLS service area are clamoring for listings:

  1.  "Hopefully, more potential sellers will seize this market window of opportunity as a good time to sell before the regional real estate market does finally start to level out and take a breath; which it will eventually." -- Gary O’Leyar, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Signature Properties.
  2.  "We desperately need inventory. Potential sellers of all shapes, sizes, price ranges and locations should be contacting their brokers and jumping off the proverbial fence." -- Diedre Haines, Coldwell Banker Bain.
  3. ď‚· "Sellers haven’t experienced a market this favorable since those frothy days (of 10 years…

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3D Virtual Tour Showcase

The Cascade Team is happy to announce its new 3D Walkthrough Showcase and these very exciting new enhancements. 3D Walkthrough Showcase Tours are available for every Cascade Team listed property. We use Matterport's 3D technology and cloud service to create a one-of-a-kind 3D Virtual Tour Showcase.

Engage buyers. Delight sellers:

The Cascade Team 3D Showcase is the most realistic, immersive way to experience a property online.

Ultimate Experience: Any Time, Anywhere

The Cascade Team 3D Showcase™ is an online experience that lets home buyers move through a property and see it from any angle. Even get a completely unique sense for the place with our “dollhouse” view.

Real Emotion

Image galleries,…

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Prices are on the way up and homes are selling quickly with inventory down over 60% in many areas from Seattle to San Diego and Arizona. Sammamish, WA for example; has a 61% drop in inventory over the past year. While new homes are coming on the market daily and even greater number are getting offers and going Pending: meaning inventory of availiable homes still continued to shrink.

At The Cascade Team Real Estate our typical listings are on the market for an average of only 10 days, and nearly 60% are selling in 3 days or less with 42% of our listings receiving multiple offers and going ABOVE asking price!

So; how are we doing this?...... We built A Better Mouse Trap to Sell Your Home!

Why pay 2% more for one of "Those Over-Priced…

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What Is My Home Worth In Today's Market?

It's Easy, It's Free and you see the most current market data not available to the public.

Are you interested in finding out the value of your home or a home in another area, but not ready to talk with a Broker Yet? With our FREE on-line Market Snapshot you can enter your home address or any other home address and see exactly how the market is going.

Market Snapshot will pull all homes within 1 mile of the address you give and within the size range you specify and show:

  1. Active Homes for Sale
  2. Pending Homes that have an offer.
  3. Sold Homes including the actual closed price, how long the home was on the market, and the difference between the “Asking” price and the actual “Sold” price.

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Selling a home is a seller's market is far different from selling a home in a buyer's market. If you are wondering about our current market, then let me assure you: It is indeed a fabulous time to sell! Not only will your days on market be remarkably fewer in a sellers’ market, but you might receive multiple offers, which could drive up the sales price.

It's generally a good idea to take advantage of pent-up demand because it's the demand that drives competition. The larger number of buyers for your home ought to increase the odds you'll make more money. Some homes, especially those referred to as unique homes, meaning homes that can be difficult to sell in any real estate market, will generally stand a better chance of selling as well in a…

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