Cole Moline's (cole) Blog

Mt. Baker If you were to google Mt. Baker Real Estate you would come up with two areas. One of them is obviously near Mt. Baker in Whatcom County and the other is a higher end neighborhood called Mt. Baker in South Seattle. The Mt. Baker area gets its name because of the view of Mt. Baker as you ...

Got an overwhelming response to the last two posts. So in an effort to reply in one fell swoop I'll post another-Karen and Luke-There's no points for second place.Michael-No kidding-Open houses triple in volume when postedKim-No doubt, It's a great resourceChuck-No problem, always willing to pass...

Man I love Craigslist. I see they are expanding to another 120 cities. That's great but I always wondered how they made money. Aparently they do charge for listings in certain cites. Just not mine. Is that the goal or will or will it remain free forever? I hope so. But then again, I thought the S...

Man I love the KW referral program. I almost feel guilty about the minimal effort it takes. It's like getting a free candy bar just for knowing people. Here's how it works-I know someone who wants to move somewhere so I set them up with a local agent and when they buy in their desired location th...

Got a lot of replies from the last post. That's great to see you all jump to the defense of our fellow agents. So I guess we all agree. The relationship is most important. Doing the job correctly and covering your bases is a very close second. The big moral of the story here is don't be one of th...

A couple in Carlsbad, CA sued a real estate agent recently because they said he didn't show them comps to support their offer. These people bought in 2005 and decided to sue a year later when the market fell down. Is this the path clients are now taking. Luckily the courts decided against them. T...

In West Seattle (Area 140) we currently have 185 Active listings and 58 Pendings. If we stopped right now we would have just over three months of inventory. Avg. Pending Days on Market is 28 with avg. Sold Days on Market over the last six months comes to 67. These numbers look pretty good to me a...

Yes, I was in the Marines and I did shoot a big cannon. I have a friend who just went in for his 3rd tour overseas. He says they have a new gun now thats all automated. I'm not jealous- I loved working hard out in the field for weeks at a time. Taught me a lot about adversity and watching out for...

After 6 months of decline in home sales, Feb. posted a positive number. This is good news for our industry not because homes started to move but I believe that sellers decided to get more realistic about what's happening and accept the fact that if they want to proceed then they have to get more ...

Hello all my Agent Partners,I just want to give you some information about what is really going on in the market.As you know the FED dropped the Federal Funds rate last week by one point. There has been little change in interest rates because the market had anticipated this move and rates had alr...