For The Love of North Bend Featuring Pioneer Coffee

"For the love of North Bend" is a blog series that will highlight places, people, businesses, and the many reasons that make this town so great! When I decided that I wanted to write this blog, I made a few posts on local social media sites to get my creative juices flowing, the response was overwhelming! It turns out the reasons why we LOVE this town are immense and all over the board. I started to compile eveyone's loves and it seemed the material might lend itself better to a book (luckily Bob Antone and his wife are doing that for us:). With all of that said, I thought I might start with sharing a place to meet, sip, gather and share. 

It was really hard to choose a starting point but after lots of consideration I landed on Pioneer Coffee…

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$500 dollar donation to a school of your choice with every successful closed purchase or sale

I’m feeling really excited about this one! It always feels great when you can blend things that you truly care about! As You know I feel super passionate about education as well as homes❤️. This seems like the perfect way to combine both. If you know anyone that is looking to buy or sell I would love to help! #ourkidsarethefuture #livewhereyoulove

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Balance "finally returning" to housing market as buyers welcome more choices, moderating prices

Are your sellers ready for a buyer's market?

• Inventory increases by 22.9 percent throughout Western Washington
• King County leads inventory gains with 78 percent year-over-year increase.
• Buyers could choose from 19,526 listings nearly double the inventory from February of this year

KIRKLAND, Washington (October 4, 2018) - Housing inventory continued to improve during September while the pace of sales slowed in many counties served by Northwest Multiple Listing Service. "Balance is finally returning to the market, and with it, slowing home price growth," stated OB Jacobi, president of Windermere Real Estate.

A new report from Northwest MLS shows double-digit increases in inventory in several of the 23 counties it serves, led by…

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Remodeling trending upward as housing stock & homeowners age.

Posted by Hailey Miller on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 

As the median age of the U.S. owner-occupied housing climbs higher, analysts believe it signals growth for the remodeling market. Old structures normally require new amenities or replacement and repairs of older components, they explain.

"Rising home prices also encourage homeowners to spend more on home improvement," noted Na Zhao, senior economist at the National Association of Home Builders. Aging-in-place boomers are also expected to bolster spending on home improvement.

Citing data from the 2016 American Community Survey, the National Association of Home Builders noted half the homes in the U.S. were built before 1980. The median age of owner-occupied homes is 37 years,…

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