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Seattle has long been a great place to live, but its growing popularity is making the real estate market increasingly competitive and expensive. Finding the right home here is a challenge, so to help home shoppers make sense of it Estately compiled a list of 15 things you should know about buying a home in Seattle. 1. Seattle home prices are climbing...
Contrary to popular belief among much of the country, Portland is not the only city in Oregon. In fact, Portland isn’t even the capital of Oregon, that distinction belongs to Salem. In addition to that, the city also is home some seriously addictive potato chips, a great college, and an abundance of cherry trees that would make any nature-lover proud.
Located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Corvallis is a dynamic university town with a culture that celebrates innovation, green values and offers close access to a variety of outdoor recreation. Sounds like a great place to live, but is it right for you? Check out Estately’s list of 15 things to know before moving to Corvallis to decide if it’s somewhere you’d like to live and buy a home.
Palo Alto is home to a couple of small tech companies you may have heard of – Facebook, Google and Hewlett Packard just to name a few. If you want to work a tech company and want to live near where you work, Palo Alto is a good place to be.
The general rule of homeownership is you shouldn’t spend more than 28% of your income on housing. While that number is somewhat arbitrary, it certainly doesn’t match what many Washington state residents are paying during a time of skyrocketing home prices.