Archive for October, 2009

As a real estate agent you may find it hard to believe that we are unable to give you advice as to neighborhoods to avoid due to crime or for any reason at all.

The practice of steering clients away from a neighborhood is known as red-lining and it’s illegal. 

But nearly all of our clients want to live in a “nice” “safe” neighborhood.

What we can do is point you in the direction for doing your own research.  Here for example is a great web site for looking at recent crimes in an area.

http://spotcrime.com/wa/seattle

Its a great web site.  Very functional and pretty intuitive to use.  Don’t let the descriptions of the crimes scare you.  There are crimes in every neighborhood in the city.  That is just the nature of living in a city.  Nice to know what’s going on however.

Let me know your thoughts.

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Rob Graham, Accredited Buyers Agent

Windermere Real Estate

206-321-6349

robgraham@windermere.com

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The Washington State Association of Realtors offers this great video for Seattle home buyers about interest rates and points and how they can effect your monthly payment.

Enjoy!

If you need help shopping for your Seattle home, give me a call.  I’d love to help.

Rob Graham, Home Buying Specialist

Windermere Real Estate

206-321-6349

robgraham@windermere.com

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