1. How Much Can I Borrow? 2. What's My Interest Rate? 3. Can I Qualify For A Loan? All lenders use the same criteria to determine the answers for you, based on income and financial documentation you provide, and an in-depth analysis of your financial background by a lending Underwriter.  Here's what your lender will look at: 1. Your tri-merge credit report and credit scores (also knows as ...

These four points are at work in every negotiation.  Either you are applying them or they are being applied on you.  With a stellar negotiator like Mary Schile, you'll have someone with mastery of these skills in YOUR CORNER! 1. Options-When you've throughly looked at a situation and conjectured all the outcomes, you know you've got  options that the other party may not share. 2. Time Press ...

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Mortgage lenders can get hourly computer updates on the current Par rate, the lowest rate available for a home mortgage or refinance. You have every right to see the current Par rate so you can make a wise decision on whether to go for Par or buy down your loan by paying points. Yield Spread Premiums (YSP) are payments the mortgage lender receives for selling you a higher interest ...

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET COOLS? Not that much, unless you are a luxury home buyer. My recent transactions, where the home is well priced, have still been in multiple offer situations - however the bidding has been stopping short of seller "best case" expectations. One recent shift in the marketing of homes by agents has been a move away from "offer review days" where buyers are asked to take th ...

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I just sold this Condo at 1200 Boylston Ave , Seattle WA in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. View this recently sold Condo or see all my home sales

I just sold this Condo at 1200 Boylston Ave , Seattle WA in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. View this recently sold Condo or see all my home sales

I just sold this House at 1112 NW 67th St, Seattle WA in the Ballard neighborhood. View this recently sold House or see all my home sales

So many people enjoyed the last blog about the possible origins of the Red Doors so popular right now, I decided to forward this info on another practice; burying a St. Joseph in the yard of a home up for sale.  Here's what my friend and client Deane emailed me: Origins:   Those trying to sell a home often feel in need of a miracle when a quick sale fails to materialize. Folklore purports to h ...