The Seattle Times: Real Estate
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A holiday surprise, homes can sell; here is how to do it
The real-estate market really slows down over the holidays, but some say it actually can be a good time to sell a home because of the lack of competition. You just have to do it right.
Pressure on FHA to toughen terms
For the past several years, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has been the go-to financing resource for cash-strapped homebuyers...
Buying a home on (tax credit) deadline
House shopping usually slows down in the winter, as people put their home searches on hold to trim the tree, buy presents to put under it...
Shop around for best jumbo-mortgage deal
Mortgage applications fall to 12-year low despite attractive rates
Think-tank study finds foreclosure crisis hits blacks, Latinos hardest
Failed lenders boost FDIC real-estate sales
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has already sold the most real estate this year than in all of 1994 as the regulator takes over properties held by failed lenders.
Homebuilders still discouraged, national survey shows
U.S. homebuilders remained discouraged about their business in November, but were a bit more hopeful about future sales, according to a monthly survey.
You can be away and monitor your home by cellphone
Web sites specializing in real estate focus on standing out from the crowd
Real-estate portals seeking to differentiate themselves from their competitors are pulling onto their Web sites anything and everything from the growing universe of information that might conceivably be connected with a home purchase.
Local mortgage rates
Cottage housing projects sought
Real-estate calendar
Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers
Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.
Expedia Tower sold in year's biggest local real-estate deal
Downtown Bellevue's year-old Expedia Tower has been sold for $168 million in King County's priciest real-estate transaction so far this year.
