Perhaps fearing the handwritten letter – sometimes accompanied with a photo – will get lost in the paper shuffle, some buyers are now taking the love letter to a new level – one with color and sound rather than dotted I’s and crossed T’s. Introducing: the video love letter.
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Real Estate Firms Respond to Evolving Nature of Residential Sales
There was a time not too long ago when almost all residential real estate transactions required face-to-face customer interaction with a real estate agent/broker and ancillary services such as title, escrow, mortgage and home inspection.
Consumers want to enjoy the home-buying and -selling experience in a modern, tech-friendly, transparent way.
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Introducing: Instant Purchase Plus+ from John L. Scott
We have seen how technology helps consumers in many areas of residential real estate – from home-price-valuation sites to phone-app mortgage applications. These recent advances offer customized conveniences for people seeking instant results.
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VIDEO: Solution to Housing Shortage May Be Just a Printer Away
The 3-D printer has helped our world move forward with new, affordable designs for everything from car parts to custom tools for industrial use. The housing industry is now getting in on the action with the development of 3-D printed homes.
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Planning and Budgeting for the Newest Advances in Safe Living
In this virtual world, technology drives virtually everything.
We live with – and love – our screens to entertain, communicate and stay informed. The blending of the physical and digital is now a key component to buying a home.
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Expectations for 2021 in Seattle/King County Real Estate and Beyond
Every December this blog provides an assessment of the year that was and provides a glimpse over the horizon. With annus horribilis all but in the rear-view mirror, I offer an in-depth picture of where we are economically and what may lie ahead for local housing and much more.
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Staging the Home in Our Virtual World
Pivot. Reinvent. Transform. Select the best verb to describe real estate in 2020.
Digital. Mobile. Virtual. Pick a word to describe how agents best communicated with buyers and sellers over the past several months.
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The Promise of Smart Lighting in the Home
It is truly remarkable that we can – with the flip of a switch – turn a light on or off. We take for granted a ballroom, billboard or baseball field can be illuminated with one simple action. Let there be light, right?
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Eavesdropping on Buyers When Visiting a House or Condo for Sale
Putting a home on the market for sale can be stressful. Coordinating repairs, cleaning up the place and leaving the home before buyers arrive with their brokers – well, that can be a lot to handle.
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Smart-Home Tech for Aging Americans
We recently discussed the many reasons for home shortages in our region and nationally. They range from challenges with local permitting and zoning to build more homes to the difficulty for many individuals to save for a down payment.
There is another reason not covered in the previous blog post: A growing number of people are aging in place. Researchers with Freddie Mac believe about 1.6 million homes nationwide are “held back” from the open market by seniors living in their homes longer.
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