Real Estate Preparing Your Home for the Winter During the winter, it is tempting to curl up and hibernate in bed for the next few months. However, you shouldn’t put off these important home maintenance duties. Clean and check the gutters: While you are on the roof hanging holiday lights, make sure your gutters are clear of leaves, secured to the house, and […]
Real Estate Stage Your Home to Impress Holiday Guests   A few tricks used by professional home stagers can make your home holiday-guest-ready, even if you’re preparing for a visit from your in-laws, not potential buyers.   While friends and family might be more forgiving than a home-shopper would be, you’ll still want to create a clean and uncluttered atmosphere for making holiday memories. […]
Real Estate What Can We Expect From The 2018 Housing Market?   It’s the time of the year when I look deep into my crystal ball to see what’s on the horizon for the upcoming year. As we are all aware, 2017 has been a stellar year for housing across the country, but can we expect that to continue in 2018? Here are my thoughts:   […]
Real Estate Energize Your Home This Winter With Bright Hues Bright hues are eye catching, confident and cheering — so if winter’s got you feeling less than energized, why not tap into the power of bright colors to lift your spirits and your decor? Read on for 10 reasons to give bright, zesty hues a try in your home this winter.   Bright Hues 1: […]
Real Estate Windermere Foundation Reports Record Day of Giving   Every week, the Windermere Foundation disburses grants to support non-profit agencies dedicated to helping low-income and homeless families. On a given day, thousands of dollars’ worth of grants can be issued. However, on one particular day, November 15 to be exact, an amazing thing happened…the Windermere Foundation disbursed nearly $254,000. This was a record […]
Real Estate Giving Back to the Community One Home Sale At a Time     OB JACOBI . Co-President  |  JILL JACOBI WOOD . Co-President  |  GEOFF WOOD . CEO                                    CHRISTINE WOOD . Executive Director . Windermere Foundation   Community has always been a big part of who we are at Windermere. Back […]
Real Estate Windermere’s Winter Drive Collects over 3,000 Items for Homeless Youth      As part of Windermere’s #tacklehomelessness campaign with the Seattle Seahawks, 37 Windermere offices* in King and Snohomish Counties collected new hats, scarves, gloves/mittens, and warm socks for Windermere’s “We’ve Got You Covered” winter drive. The recipient of these donations was YouthCare, a Seattle-based non-profit that provides critical services and support to homeless youth […]
Real Estate Personalize Your Home with Christmas Tree Centerpieces   December is a busy month with Christmas around the corner, so I try to do as many tasks in advance as I can — if not my shopping, at least my decorating!   In November, I decide on my decorating theme for the season. I like to introduce a few new decorations every year […]
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Real Estate Food for the Holidays   As temperatures cool and the leaves start to change color, we know that the holiday season is upon us. Many look forward to spending time with their families and friends over a home-cooked, Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, many families struggle to put food on their dinner tables every day, let alone a special occasion. That […]
Real Estate 6 Extreme Interior Paint Makeovers Today we’re looking at how paint has changed your rooms, from the kitchen to the bedroom, from the living room to the laundry room.   Makeover 1: Stephanie Van Dyke, original photo on Houzz   AFTER: Houzz user Stephanie Van Dyke’s newly dark living room walls.   Makeover 2: Before Photo, original photo on Houzz […]
Real Estate November Home Maintenance Checklist   November brings a transition to shorter days, colder weather and spending more time indoors.  It also brings anticipation, planning and preparation for Thanksgiving and the upcoming winter holidays. Our checklist this month includes small, quick and easy tasks you can do now to get a jump start on your holiday hosting preparation so you […]
Real Estate Windermere Hosts Chinese Real Estate Leaders During Four-City U.S. Tour   Last week Windermere hosted 16 members of the China Alliance of Real Estate Agencies (CAREA) during a daylong tour of Seattle and Bellevue, WA. CAREA is a coalition of the largest regional and national real estate companies in China, representing over 60 percent of all Chinese real estate sales. Their stop in Seattle was […]
Real Estate Utah Real Estate Market Update   ECONOMIC OVERVIEW The State of Utah added 37,300 non-agricultural jobs over the past 12 months, a growth of 2.6%. Although this represents a slowing in employment gains, it is not a cause for concern because the economy is running at full employment and only so many new jobs can be created. That said, my […]
Real Estate 11 Ways to Uncover Your Personal Color Palette Where do you find the colors you love? And just because you love a hue, does that mean it’s right for your walls? Let’s take a closer look at color inspiration. Here you’ll find tips for how to get your creative juices flowing and zero in on the color palettes that speak to you.   […]
Real Estate Show Us Your #SeahawksFanCave To Win Tickets To The Seahawks!   Are you the ultimate Seattle Seahawks fan? Do you have the ultimate Seattle Seahawks fan cave? And do you want to win tickets to an upcoming Seahawks home game? If so, Windermere and the Seahawks want you to show us your #SeahawksFanCave!   As the Official Real Estate Company of the Seattle Seahawks, Windermere […]
Real Estate Windermere Foundation Has Raised over $1,500,000 So Far This Year!   Thanks to the generosity of Windermere agents and the community, the Windermere Foundation collected over $1,537,000 in donations through the third quarter of 2017. This is an increase of nine percent compared to this time last year! Individual contributions and fundraisers accounted for 62 percent of the donations, while 38 percent came from donations through Windermere […]
Real Estate How to Decide Where to Put the Toilet in Your New Bathroom From the beginning of your bathroom renovation, your plumbers and framers need to know where your toilet should go — whether it’ll be mounted on the floor or wall and where the water supply should be positioned. If that’s not complicated enough, wall paneling, tile installation, shower doors and baseboards will all factor into the […]
Real Estate When Things Go Bump in the Night It’s almost Halloween; the time of year when people decorate their homes with haunting embellishments and spooky décor. Bats, spiders, and rodents are all good and fun when they’re made of plastic, but when you have the real thing taking up residence in your home, it’s no treat. Here are some tips for making sure […]
Real Estate Help Us Keep Homeless Youth Warm Again This Winter   All of us at Windermere are very excited to be in the midst of the second season of our partnership with the Seattle Seahawks, and continuing our campaign to help #tacklehomelessness. For every home game tackle made by the Seahawks, the Windermere Foundation is donating $100 to YouthCare, a non-profit that provides critical services […]
Real Estate Find a New Home in Four Steps   Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer or a current owner looking for a bigger home, the ideas below will help you better navigate that all-important first step: Finding a property that you like (and can afford).   The search for a new home always starts out with a lot of excitement. But if you haven’t […]