Windermere Bellevue Commons donated several bags of school supplies and $475 for the back-to-school supply drive! Our contribution goes to help 1600 students on free and reduced lunch in Bellevue School District. (The bummer thing is there are over 3000 students in need, so this helps some but not enough).

 Not too shabby for our first year (during a crazy busy time of the year).

Remember to plan around I-90 closures.
 

Crazy world of real estate log, stardate 42208.4. Condo listing has been on the market 27 days, 17 days since last price reduction. With no prodding phone calls from me, 2 offers arrive into my inbox within hours of each other (moments before I was going to make prodding phone calls).
 

Sandi Tampa Real Estate is on vacation and unplugged until July 9th! Thanks Jenn Penn for holding down the fort!

Have a fun and safe 4th of July everyone!

May numbers are out! No surprise here: it’s still a strong seller’s market. May ended with 1.5 months of inventory–below 3 months is a seller’s market. Last year, the market eased a bit in the April/May timeframe, not this year.

Interest rates have ticked-up, which means buyers have slightly less buying power (if rates go up a point, your buying power lowers by 10%). It will be interesting to see if the rate increase stimulates more activity or causes buyers to tap the breaks. Either way it’s a great time to buy (interest rates are still very low) and/or sell—you just need a pro to help you!

Click here for the stat graphs: http://sanditampa.com/eastside-market-stats/

Looking forward to Windermere’s Community Service Day on Friday! It’s always a fun day of giving and camaraderie (and a harsh reality check regarding my lack of ‘real world’ skills—painting, landscaping, etc.).

Zoey’s Yogurt as a reward for having their rooms ‘show ready’ for a quick sale.

I'm pleased to present this darling home located 2 blocks from the Alaskan Junction in West Seattle. It’s been pre-inspected and we’re looking at offers on Tuesday.  http://www.sanditampa.com/listing/WA/Seattle/4551-46th-Ave-SW-98116/34113362

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This was a fun one!

It continues to be a crazy market out there! In the last 10 days I have been in 7 multiple offer situations. Won 2 and lost 4 to cash buyers—we were the 2nd choice in all 4 (the other was lost because we weren’t high enough in price, which we knew would happen).