Dear Jan: The moving company will be here at the first of the month and move our belongings to our new home out of state.… Continue reading
Dear Jan: We’ve been watching the local market for quite some time. As you have said, the inventory is historically low. We are curious: Where… Continue reading
Dear Jan: We are looking at waterfront homes, many of which are high bank. With Whidbey Island having had slides, how do we know if… Continue reading
Dear Jan: Because my husband lost his job, we have not been able to make our house payments. We have received notice of our foreclosure… Continue reading
Dear Jan: Now that we are in a new year, do you see house prices going up again this year? Should we sell now or… Continue reading
Paint or stain sidewalk? | Just Ask Jan
Dear Jan:
We are thinking of listing a mobile home that we own but it needs a lot of work. Should we fix it up or sell it “as is”? — DTR
Dear Jan: We are behind on our house payments. With all the talk about the mortgage companies working with the homeowners, have you seen this… Continue reading
With a steady rise on the housing market, is it time to sell the rental home?
About a year ago, we had an agent come out and give us a price for our home. If we would have listed for that price, we would have been underwater. We decided to wait to sell.
About a year ago, we had an agent come out and give us a price for our home. If we would have listed for that price, we would have been underwater. We decided to wait to sell.
We made a full-price offer on a piece of land.
Another offer came in and we lost out. We have now learned that the land sold for less than our full price offer.
Our real estate agent says the No. 1 place she markets our home is on the Internet. How does this work? What about newspaper advertising?
We are thinking of painting the inside of our home before we put it on the market. Do you have any color recommendations and do you know any good painters?
Our home is in escrow. We have just been told that we cannot close because we do not have a road maintenance agreement with our neighbors. Can you help?
We moved from Florida to Wash-ington in November. We hired a moving broker in Florida to coordinate the move of our belongings. It is now March and we still don’t have our items, including our personal items like our photo albums.
Our landlord has decided to sell the home. I have been told that I have to let real estate people into my house with buyers in tow.
