KIRO RADIO'S TOM KELLY DIGS DEEP INTO THE PUGET SOUND REAL ESTATE MARKET
Real Estate
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Raffling off a home captures non-profits, dreamers
Tom Kelly | January 28, 2015 8:27 amThe raffle concept usually is more acceptable to state officials when a non-profit is involved. -
Home Sweet Home – in 84 square feet
Tom Kelly | January 26, 2015 8:13 amThe small home movement isn't just for those who want to live off the grid. -
Medina home tops local sales chart at $11.3 million
Tom Kelly | January 23, 2015 7:37 amLast year's completed sales included 66,716 single family homes (about 86 percent of the total) and 10,560 condominiums. -
Borrowers pick lower down payments over lower rates
Tom Kelly | January 21, 2015 8:17 amResearchers found that low down-payment requirements had a larger influence on how much people were willing to pay for a home, especially among lower-income and… -
Mortgage protection: Another great service lured scammers
Tom Kelly | January 20, 2015 8:06 amWhen mortgage protection is offered as a result of a new loan, the coverage often is easier to obtain compared to a homeowner seeking disability… -
Everybody’s talkin’ Hawks. . . and lowest rates in 18 months
Tom Kelly | January 19, 2015 9:34 amThe 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.66 percent late last week, the lowest weekly average since May 23, 2013. -
Mortgage life insurance easily confused with other products
Tom Kelly | January 15, 2015 8:56 amMortgage insurance is offered in a variety of forms for different services and needs. -
MIP cut benefits first-time, last-time buyers
Tom Kelly | January 14, 2015 7:54 amThe reduction will also help aging baby boomers to sell their homes to first-time buyers with more attractive mortgage terms. -
Ten percent of all mortgaged homes still ‘underwater’
Tom Kelly | January 12, 2015 9:06 amIf home prices rose by 5 percent more-which is largely predicted to happen this year-an additional one million homeowners now in negative equity would also… -
Holiday home sales brisk, MLS figures show
Tom Kelly | January 8, 2015 10:14 am"Buyers barely slowed down long enough to take a break for Christmas," said OB Jacobi, Windermere Real Estate president. -
Two dozen income red flags for home loan applicants
Tom Kelly | January 7, 2015 8:49 amIn the spirit of making New Year's lists, here are two dozen red flags that can go up with lenders when borrowers list certain revenue… -
When a seller wants the kitchen sink – and the kitchen
Tom Kelly | January 5, 2015 12:26 pm"When a seller starts keeping things that should stay with the house, I guarantee that the contract negotiations will be painful." -
10 reasons for a bright real estate forecast in 2015
Tom Kelly | January 2, 2015 10:00 amNew programs are popping up to help more buyers break into home ownership with lower down payments. -
Story of the Year: Rates remained low, bolstering housing
Tom Kelly | December 28, 2014 9:46 amImagine what the climb would be like if 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages ranged from 6.0 to 6.5 percent rather than 4.0 to 4.5 percent? -
Ravenna neighborhood among nation’s most competitive for buyers
Tom Kelly | December 26, 2014 10:24 amSeattle-based Redfin pulled data from its real estate professionals across the country as well as 2014 sales transactions from multiple listing services to rank the…