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Getting Creative: Seller Financing & Assumable Mortgages in Seattle
Looking for a lower rate than you can get through a conventional lender? The most common strategy is to have the seller pay for a 3-2-1 or 2-1 rate buy-down. But what about some uncommon, more creative strategies? This is where seller financing or an assumable mortgage come in. List of Seattle-area Seller Financing Homes […]
Matt Goyer
November 15, 2022
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Seattle noise map
Looking for some peace and quiet in Seattle? Check out the National Transportation Noise Map from 2018 that shows the impact planes and cars have on noise levels. For peace and quiet looks like you want to head to West Seattle, or to the north-west or north-east.
Matt Goyer
February 23, 2021
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#11 floating home remodel – i-beam craned in
We’re two and half months into remodeling our floating home for a second and final time. More on the whole remodel later, but here’s a look at likely the most interesting part of the whole project – craning a 34′ i-beam overtop of our neighbor’s homes and dropping it into the second story of our […]
Matt Goyer
November 23, 2020
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Seattle New Construction Warranties
Buying a newly built home? Unless you’re buying a new construction condo, it doesn’t necessarily come with a warranty! So be sure to understand what, if any, warranty is provided with your newly built home. And by understand, we mean, ask for the paperwork on the warranty and read it. Even better would be to […]
Matt Goyer
November 3, 2016
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Seattle Condos with Pools
If you’re like us, you’re savoring every sunny day we have left of summer here in Seattle. And when it heats up in the city, almost everyone heads to the water to cool off. But wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have you leave your building to jump in? Believe it or not, there are […]
Matt Goyer
August 11, 2016
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Seattle Rain Map
There’s a fascinating article over at Komo News that uses Seattle Public Utilities data to map Seattle’s rain patterns, Rainier Beach really is rainier than anywhere else in Seattle: The Seattle Public Utilities, which operates 17 rain gauges spread across the city, has gone back over their past 35 years of data and have discovered […]
Matt Goyer
October 13, 2015
