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Newsletter #516 is in your inbox.

📉 $450,000 price drop flopped. Will a free phone help?

🤖 AI panic turned into a corded phone
🏡 445 new listings hit the market
🏛️ The Fed raised rates 0.25%

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Read it here → https://mailchi.mp/ad9275553e2c/38-9303844

Newsletter #515 is in your inbox.

👀 First Look actually worked
🏡 Three offers. Over asking.
📈 451 new listings crashed the party
😴 Buyers didn’t get the memo
💸 Mortgage rates jumped back over 7%

The September listing bump showed up. The buyers? Not so much.

25 years. 😢

Read it here → https://mailchi.mp/c9a01dd37630/38-9303800

A new MLS rule went live this morning that can hide days on market and price changes from buyers for up to three weeks.

Good for sellers. Less good for buyers.

We’re pivoting a listing to use it today, because I’d rather learn how it works firsthand than complain about it from the sidelines.

Curious where everyone else lands on this one.

Full breakdown in Newsletter #514 → https://mailchi.mp/f0c59c0b9ea6/38-9303749

Newsletter #513 is in your inbox. 🌘

A Deep Partial Eclipse of the Moon. And Buyers.

📉 Slowest real estate week of the year for us
📊 232 new listings, but only 4% sold
🚵‍♂️ Plus, an accidental lunar-eclipse mountain bike ride

Read it here → https://mailchi.mp/e66dce81849b/38-9303675

Newsletter #512 is in your inbox.

🚐 It looked easier on paper.

We dropped Charlotte off at college, survived a very long drive through California, and somehow got a newsletter out from a campground near Lake Shasta.

Also:
📉 August is doing August things
🔑 Two closings, one offer
📊 294 new listings. Only 4% sold.

Read it here → https://mailchi.mp/7bf4368a74a9/38-9303647

Newsletter #511 is in your inbox.

This photo is from just before shipping last week's newsletter in Montana. This week we're back home on the couch.

🏢 Condos keep getting bad news
🏠 New listings keep coming, buyers keep slowing
🤖 AI slop rejects our buyer’s offer
🔥 Insurance is impossible to get in some areas
🚙 Does a full-size armoire fit in a small car?
🎥 Rob tours a six-level Magnolia home

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Newsletter #510 is in your inbox, written from a KOA in Montana.

🏡 One Showing in 89 Days. Three Offers in One Night.

Seattle’s summer slowdown is real, but certain buyers are still very much in the market, especially first-time buyers who aren’t giving up a 3% mortgage to make a move.

📊 Inventory at decade-plus highs
🔥 The right homes still get multiple offers
🏍️ Smoky skies, motorcycles and a Glacier detour

Read it here → https://mailchi.mp/e121b3d81bac/38-9303522

Newsletter #509 is in your inbox.

🏛️ No Cut. No Clues.

The Fed held rates steady, but the bigger story was what it didn't say.

Plus:🛡️ Washington home insurance is up 55% since 2020🏔️ How an $8.5M home ultimately sold for $2.2M 🚙 Why breaking down off-road reminded me of buying real estate

Read the full newsletter → https://mailchi.mp/5b67e1d9ead0/38-9303480

🔨 Tackling buyer objections with a sawmill

This week, Blue Ridge went pending after a tough negotiation, Javila helped us unpack what buyers have been saying, and Rob escaped to Whidbey to mill a few slabs of maple.

The summer slowdown is here. Buyers have more leverage, open houses are competing with paddleboards, and getting deals done requires more patience than usual.

Read Bushwick Weekly #508. 🏡 https://mailchi.mp/ac5ea1ff927f/38-9303424

Newsletter #498 is in your inbox.

New Fed Chair. Same Mortgage Confusion.

Inventory is high. Buyers are hesitant. Mortgage rates are back up. And everyone hoping the new Fed Chair magically fixes housing may want to keep their expectations Seattle-spring-weather realistic.

https://mailchi.mp/d1bad6f73e53/38-9302907