Cyndi Carver's Blog

HUD has put out a calculator about Buy Vs Rent to help today's insecure buyers. It's always fun to watch videos and I thought this one was particularly fun. These guys, Frank Garay and Brian Stevens of TBWS Daily Show created this video for their Real Estate and Mortgage Daily Commentary seem to ...

Being a part of the RealtyTrac Nationwide Agent Network, I am provided with the FORECLOSURE MARKET TRENDS for my market area . I'd say we're doing pretty good compared to the rest of the nation. As a matter of fact, our inventory is only about 2.1 months.  September 2012 Volume 6, Issue 9        ...

  Thank You for Your Business... Unique Closing Gifts for Your Clients A handwritten note is a good start, but sometimes it is just not enough to show your gratitude. I have a client appreciation party annually for all my friends and current and past clients but that's not what I'm talking about....

Statistics are always so much fun! You can create all sorts of assumptions from them: Lender Processing Services came out with their mid-year statistics about the number of foreclosures and other comparisons. These statistics are the summary of from all the states. Here is what their statistics ...

Where Do You Start When Looking For a Home?  You have decided that it's time to purchase a new home. Where are you going to start? One important consideration is location. Is it important to be close to freeway access, work, school, or shopping? How much noise can you tolerate from the neighborho...

The Stats are in for the first half of 2012. No more guessing, now comes to my favorite part, the analyzing portion. I love it here in the Puget Sound. I live in Bellevue on the Eastside of Lake Washington on one of the hills above Lake Sammamish. Selling real estate here has been exciting and ha...

Lender Processing Services, Inc. Applied Analytics division came out with the HPI (home price index), showing that we seen a significant jump this Spring from prior years. You can read about it in DSNews.com, LPS: Home Price Index Increasing at the Fastest Rate Since 2005. Is that so? Just becaus...

Here is Issaquah's Market Insider's Report as of the End of June, 2012 as found on my website powered by Market Leader. The data on this page is consolidated from multiple sources and includes current listings, recent sales, and more. Whether you're a buyer or seller, the knowledge you gain will ...

 21718 4th Ave SE, Bothell, WA  98021 Charming single level home on 1/3 acre of low maintenance parklike grounds. 2 Master bedrooms with 3/4 baths. One has walk-in closet. Another bedroom has private full bath and 2 more bedrooms, or use one of them as a den/office. Professional landscaped backya...

  To sell or not to sell, that is the question. I know there are people out there that are in the same boat we are in. We are making our payments on time. Sometimes stretching to make our payments on time. But we can't sell our home because we are upside down (more owing than the value of the ho...