Buying a Home

Many new homeowners find that they face unexpected costs in the first year - typically, repairs they didn't see coming.  In an era when many ...

One of the early economic stimuli to result from the COVID pandemic was a sharp drop in mortgage lending rates.  This resulted in many more ...

No matter the market or the year or current events or your personal circumstances when approaching homebuying - it is easy to feel like you are ...

Like many (most?) of our friends, families, and clients, we are nuts for the latest online puzzle craze, Wordle.  Many of us do it first thing ...

Seattle:  We Just Don't Get You, Man Okay, okay - we know Seattle has a lot going for it.  Great food and arts scene, some wonderful live ...

We know that being able to afford the house they want to purchase is the main concern for, like . . . 100% of our clients.  So let's get that ...

Many of our clients have the luxury of DECIDING to move to Kitsap County (as opposed to being transferred here on, for example, military orders - we ...

This is the time of year that military-affiliated people start thinking about transfer season: When will my orders finally be cut? Am I definitely ...

We always see suggested New Year's Resolutions (or even exhortations NOT to make any) that relate to our personal lives, wellness, career ...

One fact of life for anyone who becomes a property owner, is property tax.  It's a key way county governments fund their necessary annual ...

Should you buy now, or wait?  The answer might surprise you.  Despite dire predictions about the soundness of the real estate economy a ...

For our Dupuis Team first time home buyers, one of the biggest concerns is often whether or not their home will have a Homeowner's Association, ...

Surprising the entire team, we've discovered that a blog article published here with the most hits has been - something we wrote about Backyard ...

While not universally true, the vast majority of our clients who buy homes, utilize a mortgage loan to pay for some portion of their real estate ...

Everyone gets into homeownership understanding that they will be personally responsible for the upkeep and improvement of the property - it marks a ...

We recently covered the role of Homeowner's Insurance in your new home purchase.  Today, we want to talk about Mortgage Insurance, which many ...

If you're a first time home buyer, you might be surprised to find out that you most likely need to buy a homeowner's insurance policy BEFORE your ...