u/TheSmariner

When posting about a specific home or listing, please include the neighborhood name in the title whenever possible.

For example:

❌ “What do you think of this home?”
✅ “What do you think of this home in Capitol Hill?”

It makes posts easier to find, gives everyone useful context right away, and helps generate more relevant discussion.

Thanks for helping keep r/SeattleAreaRE organized and useful!

I’m curious what experienced buyers and homeowners pay attention to during home tours.

What’s one red flag that immediately makes you think, “Nope, this isn’t the right house”?

It could be anything structural issues, neighborhood concerns, poor renovations, strange layouts, odors, foundation cracks, water damage, or something most first-time buyers wouldn’t think to check.

"We got here by a process of denial and delay," Hachamovitch wrote in 2023, when a potential fix was still three years away.

"Unless the city did something, it was going to go bankrupt or it was going to get absorbed by another city," taskforce member Wayne Burns told councilmembers Thursday.

~ A 69% tax hike is what "denial and delay" eventually costs.

M94 ; Seattle; US vs Belgium

If you have 3 tickets to sell at the last-minute - I can meet you in-person on the Eastside or in Seattle. Open to any standard category.

Pls DM me.

M94 ; Seattle; US vs Belgium

If you have 3 tickets to sell at the last-minute - I can meet you in-person on the Eastside or in Seattle. Open to any standard category.

Pls DM me.

I'm checking to see if there's any interest in AMAs.

Potential Buyers/Sellers/investors - what type of real estate professional (or other expert) would you want to hear from?

• Realtor
• Home inspector
• Mortgage lender
• Appraiser
• Real estate attorney
• Builder or contractor
• Architect
• City planner
• Property manager
• Real estate investor
• Insurance agent
• Title/Escrow officer
• Or someone else

RE Professionals - Any interest in an AMA with potential buyers/sellers?

• Maybe, you have wondered what topics interest buyers/sellers in this market
• Or maybe what international transplants look for when they want to buy or sell?
• Or maybe you want to understand a bit more about the anxiety local tech buyers/sellers are facing?
• Maybe you want to know what investors prioritize in this market?

We are located in Washington state close to Seattle and looking to purchase a home. The average in our area is about 550-625k for what we need: garage, kids room, spare room for office etc.

Wife and I are both now above 790 credit scores, I have ~10k in misc debt, wife has none - just paid her car off. We have a 7mo.

In order to get the starter home we need/want we are likely to be house broke. Interest rates for us are looking at 6%+, should we even consider purchasing at this time?

Just sorta looking for guidance, both of our families are unequipped to give us guidance.

We are an empty-nest couple visiting Seattle to evaluate a possible work relocation for a position in Everett. Where should we be looking for a nice suburb that will be an easy drive to Everett and not too inconvenient to drive into the city?

I have heard both Lynwood and Bothell mentioned- but I know nothing of either and have no opinions yet

I just want a nice, safe neighborhood where hopefully we can get into a low-maintenance condo

Hopefully with convenient amenities

Which spots should we check out?

Use these websites to compare the latest mortgage rates.

These websites provide rate information without requiring fairly minimal personal info). If you find a better rate than what's published on these websites, you have likely scored yourself a good deal.

CreditKarma

NerdWallet

BankRate

Sammamish Mortgage

Redfin

Wells Fargo

Use these links to get the latest mortgage rates from the below institutions (they require little/minimal personal info)

First Tech Federal CU

BECU

Sound CU

WSE CU

Affinity Federal CU

Redwood CU

Golden 1 CU

Safe CU

Chevron CU

Schwab

Below institutions offer rate discounts when you bank with them. Worth checking them out, if you have some assets to keep with them.

Wells Fargo

Schwab

Chase

Key Bank

& why?

Investigating which we want to install in our home and want to consider the opinion of future buyers.

What’s the cause for the recent housing market slowdown on Eastside? It seems much sharper than Seattle proper. Prices have dropped about 8% for May year over year on the Eastside according to NWMLS. Inventory is building up rapidly. If it’s just interest rates, wouldn’t the impact be same across the region?

What's your favorite tool for Comparative Market Analysis? The mainstream websites (Redfin, Zillow, etc.) provide the listing data that can be used to do manual analysis...but prefer a tool to make the process a bit more easier.

Ideally, I want to be able to enter the listing ID or address of a home...

- Want to see the Zillow value (or similar auto generated values)

- See a list of homes sold in the vicinity of the address

- Be able to select the homes to be added for doing the comparative analysis

Hope, I am not the only one who wants something like this

(PS: I'm not a RE professional & don't have access to the tools that are available only to realtors).