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Find homes for sale in The Fairview Condos at Harbour PointeThe Fairview Condos at Harbour Pointe is in a master-planned community with expansive views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, located in Mukilteo (pronounced mŭk′·əl·tē′·ō), Washington.  Photos do not do the area or The Fairview ...

Anyone who has visited the Capitol Hill or Magnolia neigborhoods in Seattle, Washington knows how beautiful historic architecture can be. In the Queen Anne neighborhood, they've even named their stately, restored Victorian homes "Painted Ladies."But, are these older homes good buys? Considering t...

Use this tool to find homes for sale near private schools in Bellevue, Washington. Our blog and website have a direct feed from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NW MLS) and updates in real time as homes are listed or have a change in status (i.e. pending, sold). Schools will be listed in t...

  The Bellevue School District serves about 19,000 students in 28 schools.  Students live in Bellevue and the smaller surrounding communities of Clyde Hill, Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point and Beaux Arts, plus portions of Issaquah, Kirkland, Newcastle, Redmond and unincorporated King County.  ...

Not all real estate transactions turn sour. In fact, few do. But once in a while, a bad apple ends up either selling or buying a home, and can throw the entire transaction into chaos. From buyers allowing their children to run wild through a house they're viewing to sellers trying to hide home de...

From the word "mortgage" to the methods used by lenders to determine how much to loan, the home loan process can be confusing to first timers. In fact, one third of the respondents to a 2011 Wall Street Journal survey of homebuyers said that the most difficult part of buying a home was understand...

The Lake Washington School District is located between Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains, to the east of Seattle. Covering 76 square miles, LWSD is the public school district for the cities of Kirkland and Redmond, as well as about half of Sammamish. On the north end of the district, some...

The Lake Washington School District is located between Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains, to the east of Seattle. Covering 76 square miles, LWSD is the public school district for the cities of Kirkland and Redmond, as well as about half of Sammamish. On the north end of the district, some...

The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is located between Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains, to the east of Seattle. Covering 76 square miles, LWSD is the public school district for the cities of Kirkland and Redmond, as well as about half of Sammamish. On the north end of the distric...

The Lake Washington School District is located between Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains, to the east of Seattle. Covering 76 square miles, LWSD is the public school district for the cities of Kirkland and Redmond, as well as about half of Sammamish. On the north end of the district, some...