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This “charmer” is the featured property on the Capitol Hill blog’s neighborhood recruitment program this week. Only in Capitol Hill, Seattle is a property well into jumbo loan territory be considered entry level. We do appreciate the Capitol Hill blog’s efforts and we realize that they really are looking at the less expensive properties (check out this orange charmer for...
We don’t normally post about the software that powers our non-blog site (Ruby On Rails – we like it a lot), but I just clicked through for some documentation and lo-and-behold, RubyOnRails.org is now squaterville. According to domaintools.com, it has been snatched up by a company called Next Angle. It looks like the domain was originally purchased for 4 years...
Seriously – a 30 year was recently over 6% (up from 4.25% a month ago) and rates are changing every day. It’s not as dramatic, but you could also say that the 30 year rate is slightly higher than it was in December or lower than it was in August. (OK, so rates have dropped some since then). (what, did...
Estately.com’s home page has grown up from the old blue box and random text. Today the front page gives you a look at the newest properties being added to Estately, describes Estately Agent Match (and actually features it), and still has that versatile search box that accepts addresses, MLS numbers, neighborhoods, zip codes, and cities. Like Google, Doug and I...
We normally reserve this space to discuss our real estate, online technology, or our website, but today I’m going to make an exception to discuss Estately the company – we’re growing! We’ve reached a point where the two of us and our broker can’t keep up with the number of clients asking to be matched with agents while still having...
(recreated from memory) Dude: We don’t have a lot of furrboes in New York.Me: Furrboes?Dude: Yeah, For Rent By Owners – F-R-B-Os. Brokers control all the rentals. If you want to rent an apartment, you have to pay a broker a fee.Me: Right. FRBOs. I’ve heard about the setup here. I guess it’s no skin off the landlord’s back if...