How to Sell a Home in Seattle: A Comprehensive Guide
Selling a home in Seattle is easy with our following guide. The Team Diva process of selling a home in Seattle we simply call “The Diva Difference.” In this blog, we are going to briefly touch on our Diva Difference philosophy and deep dive into each and every step it takes to be a successful […]
Kim is in The Seattle Times Chatting About the Autumn 2020 Real Estate Market
Team Diva’s Kim V. Colaprete Quoted in The Seattle Times Article on King County’s Autumn 2020 Real Estate Market. 2020 is certainly a year for the history books, and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many surprises. Real estate has been no exception. We have seen a busy, hot real estate market here in Seattle and […]
Divas in the SeattleMet | Buying During a Pandemic in a Hot Market
Buying a home in Seattle during a global pandemic is super intense. There are no open houses. And a lot of home sellers suddenly do not want to put their home on the market because of the need to temporarily move out of the home. Our fabulous clients Jessica and Jonathan were just featured by […]
Divaland’s Summer Break in Seattle
Summer Break is what all of us as kids would look forward to at the end of school. And this particular season our team needs to shut down so we can renew ourselves. Kim, Michael, Rocky, Roy, Remington, and the support team all need a break. All of us were made essential workers at the […]
How to Safely Sell Your Home in Seattle During Coronavirus
Team Diva is getting a lot of calls from sellers who are anxious to sell their home safely in Seattle during Coronavirus quarantine measures. Meanwhile, the majority of our service vendors are still closed. Team Diva has jumped in and navigated this new world like pros. As I’m writing this blog, I am super proud […]
How to Buy a Home in Seattle During Coronavirus
Buying a home safely in Seattle during a deadly Coronavirus pandemic can happen. It just requires upfront work and precautions by home buyers to ensure they navigate what is still a hot market intact. In our guide below, we break down how to buy a home in Seattle during Coronavirus by making sure you are […]
Schooling at Home During the Time of Coronavirus
Schooling at Home During the Time of Coronavirus!!!! Schooling at home sucks. It is not ideal, and it makes me rage at the inequity in Seattle Schools. Neighboring school districts have been sending kids home with devices and/or booklets and are definitely ahead of the curve. Meanwhile, our district was understaffed and underfunded before Coronavirus […]
A Silver Lining For The Housing Market During Coronavirus: Interest Rates
Over the weekend the Central Bank announced they would drop rates to next to zero. For a muggle like you and me, this means that a mortgage interest rate will be around 3-3.5% for the next couple of weeks. It can be a little misleading. And trust me some online lender will clickbait you with […]
How Do You Price a Home to Sell in Seattle?
Savvy Seattle home sellers know that their neighbor’s house is not their house when it comes to value. You can have five homes in a single block that are different sizes, styles, conditions, etc… Each home has to be evaluated on the nuances of the details of the home and not the neighbor’s sale price […]
Why is My Home Not Selling in Seattle?
Why is my house not selling in Seattle? Seattle is typically a really hot market. Even during the slow down, Seattle still weathered the financial crisis better than other real estate markets. Regardless, every once in a while you see a home that just will not sell. And it is tough when this happens to […]
Things to Do in Seattle In Response to Coronavirus Chaos
What should you do while hanging out at home because of the coronavirus chaos in Seattle right now? As we all know, our city is stricken with anxiety because of the Coronavirus. Hands down, we are in the midst of what economists call a Butterfly Effect: an unforeseen event causing unpredictable results in the markets. […]
When Is The Best Time to Sell Your Home in Seattle?
Here’s the short answer to the question “When’s the best time to sell your home in Seattle?”: The best time to sell your home in Seattle is from February through the end of May, and from September through late October. Most people think we sell most of our homes during the Summer. No! We only […]
How Long Will It Take Me to Sell My Home in Seattle?
The fact that the median days on market in Seattle has been low so consistently for give years means that we’ve had a hot sellers’ market for longer than any other time in history. Last year, the days on market moved from seven days to less than two weeks, which is still an amazing market. […]
Just Listed | Just Sold: The Morgan on Capitol Hill
We just sold this condo on Capitol Hill at The Morgan for 5% over asking after it had been on the market for most of the Fall of 2019. We were originally going to bring on the home in the early summer of 2019. As we were prepping the condo for the sale we discovered […]
Selling Your Home Requires an Effective Online Marketing Strategy
Selling your home in Seattle requires a well planned online marketing strategy (especially now that we are in a semi-permanent COVID market). Team Diva has always had a strong online marketing presence which proved critical as we made the transition away from open house to a full-force online marketing strategy. Frankly, we are passionate about […]
