Fireplace Mantel – updating your living room

Long Mantels Go the Distance Houzz- Kitchen Remodel, Bathroom Remodel and More » ….      

SHORT SALES AND BANK OWNED HOMES – shrinking inventories?

I thought this was a fabulous image of the current condition of our LOCAL MARKET. If you’be been following me awhile, you’ve heard me say, Real Estate is Local, Inventories are down, and Short sale and bank owned properties are declining. Well Here is the visual “proof in the pudding”.   Provided by our regional [...]

Messner Estates – I love Felida, Vancouver Wa Homes for sale

As a Realtor, I love Felida, as a homeowner, I love Felida…  When I came back to Clark County from Seattle, WA, I choose NW VANCOUVER, or  FELIDA.   There is something gentle about it, and perhaps the history of agriculture, raspberry and strawberry fields, that brings back child hood memories.  ”Strawberry fields Forever”.   [...]

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Kitchen Renewal – Spring cleaning

all worn out!

For what ever reason, I got up at the crack of 5:00am, and tore my own kitchen apart. While I am not preparing my own home for sale, I am happy with the results and will enjoy cooking in my kitchen more.  Luckily, I’m doing computer work today and my frazzeled self is not on [...]

FHA – PMI premiums increase .75% to finance your HOME PURCHASE

FHA The path to home ownership

  FHA has long served the FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, as a Great Path to HOME OWNERSHIP  with a 3% down payment.  That has already changed to 3.5%, but more changes are coming. New premium structure will help protect FHA’s MMI fund  So thats what theya re telling us, is they need more insurance premiums. [...]

Felida Homes – Vancouver Wa

Felida Homes Making your online search for Felida Homes and VANCOUVER real estate homes for sale easy! You can browse multiple real estate listings of Felida Homes and SW WASHINGTON  homes, recent houses for sale, land, foreclosures, and other property in Felida and VANCOUVER as well as CAMAS, WA. Search by home features or sort your real estate listings by [...]

Real Estate Foreclosure rates – Washington State

Nationally Foreclosures declined 24 percent in 2011    to 830,000 from 1.1 million in 2010, according to a new report by CoreLogic. Nationally, 1.4 million homes, or 3.4 percent of all homes with a mortgage, were in the foreclosure inventory at the end of 2011. For the month of December, 55,000 homes had completed the foreclosure process, [...]

Saving our Interest Rate Deduction!

tax deduction and house

GGMATTHEWS – Realtor in Vancouver. Get INVOLVED! Learn about the possible loss of our HOMEOWNERS interest rate TAX DEDUCTION

PaperWhites – Winter Blooms

Easy Winter Blooms

PAPER WHITES  -  Easy Winter Bloom This is a great time to plant indoor blooms and Paperwhites are EASY, FRAGRANT and force easily. Weeks of enjoyment from first blush to full bloom, you can start spring indoors NOW!  Paperwhites ~ FRAGRANT ~ 20 bulbs ~ 17+cm (largest commercially available)