Opinion
Realty in the time of COVID-19
Dear Jan: We are ready to list our home. Will the coronavirus have any impact on the marketability…
Jan Zufelt
Business
Assessed value versus market value
Dear Jan: We are buyers, shopping for a home in this crazy market. The prices are going up…
Business
Get to know your homeowners association | Just Ask Jan
Dear Jan: We are selling our home on acreage and moving into town where we will have less…
Business
Staging versus an empty home | Just Ask Jan
Dear Jan: The moving company will be here at the first of the month and move our belongings…
Business
Where, oh, where are the buyers coming from?| Just Ask Jan
Dear Jan: We’ve been watching the local market for quite some time. As you have said, the inventory…
Business
Can our equity be saved? | Just Ask Jan
Dear Jan: Because my husband lost his job, we have not been able to make our house payments.…
Life
Will 2017 bring price increases? | Just Ask Jan
Dear Jan: Now that we are in a new year, do you see house prices going up again…
Business
Manufactured home: Fix up or sell? | Just Ask Jan
Dear Jan: We are thinking of listing a mobile home that we own but it needs a lot…
Business
Keep rental home or sell? | Just Ask Jan
With a steady rise on the housing market, is it time to sell the rental home?
News
Maybe you can sell now
About a year ago, we had an agent come out and give us a price for our home.…
News
Maybe you can sell now
About a year ago, we had an agent come out and give us a price for our home.…
Business
Why a seller may choose a cheaper offer over full price | Just Ask Jan
We made a full-price offer on a piece of land. Another offer came in and we lost out.…
Business
What is the best way to market your home? | Just Ask Jan
Our real estate agent says the No. 1 place she markets our home is on the Internet. How…
Business
Should we paint before we sell? | Just Ask Jan
We are thinking of painting the inside of our home before we put it on the market. Do…
Business
Avoid escrow with proper documents | Just Ask Jan
Our home is in escrow. We have just been told that we cannot close because we do not…
Business
Help: Movers scammed us | Just Ask Jan
We moved from Florida to Wash-ington in November. We hired a moving broker in Florida to coordinate the…
Business
When the landlord decides to sell the rental | Just Ask Jan
Our landlord has decided to sell the home. I have been told that I have to let real…
News
Drain fields complicate plans | Just Ask Jan
Our friends were about to close on their home when it was determined that the drain field was…