Dan McClure, Scion Realty Group

Here are the picks for today of bank owned properties that may deserve some attention from buyers: 1.) Lake Stevens, 2000 sq./ft. split, offered at $214,434. 2.) Marysville, 1600 sq./ft. on 1/4 acre offered at $174,900. 3.) South Everett, Nice townhouse, 3 bdm., 2 bath and garage offered at $99,000. 4.) Maple Valley, 6000 sq./ft. with 22 ...

This weekend we came across a good example of the difference between buying at the foreclosure auction and buying with Scion Realty Group. A house at 9418 105th Ave. NE in Lake Stevens was built in 2004 and needs about $10,000 to repaint the interior, carpets and some trim work. It is on a nice 1 acre lot in a nice neighborhood. It is assessed at ...

Many people can see that Now is the time. We have recently been helping referred clients to make the Move Up. One of our recent clients moved up from a 1200 sf rambler to nearly 3000 sf new construction two story with 4 bedrooms, den, granite counter tops and everything they wanted for their growing family. Their smaller home was in the right ...

Scion Realty Group Some great news to help out homebuyers (and the economy)Senators Agree To Extend Homebuyer Tax Credit - Money News Story - KIRO SeattleSource: www.kirotv.comWASHINGTON -- Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers. Wednesday, ...

To bid on a HUD listed home, you need to work with a HUD Certified Broker.  Scion Realty Group can help you with making an offer on a HUD home, and get you smoothly through their purchase process.  Contact us with any questions.

In the Seattle Times article "Tax credit can be bridge to new home"  published May 23, 2009 and then followed by the article "Federal cash for mortgage down payments" published June 7, 2009, there is some explanation about how the first time homebuyer's federal tax credit of $8,000 is now becoming money that can be ...

NWMLS Of course if a property is already for sale with a real estate agent, you will probably be able to find it listed in the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.  This source can give you multiple pictures of the property, many details about the property, and the price that it is being marketed at.  You can search out properties listed ...

Tax Records As real estate agents, we do research on properties every day.  There are several sources that we go to get information that we can then analyze and pull useful tidbits from.  One of the first places we look when researching a property will be the tax records.  This is really a simple step that anyone can do if they have ...

Once in a while a home buyer will approach me about one of my home listings that I am marketing for sale with the interest of buying the home.  The buyer I'm writing about would be the buyer that doesn't have an agent to represent them.  They may ask if they can get a break from us (the agents selling the home) because they ...

Be Prepared! Everything can go along just fine in a transaction, but remember that a transaction is never closed until it gets recorded at the county.  Everyone can sign early, lenders can be standing by with the money, all addendums and contracts can be complete, everyone can be in agreement on the closing date, and then the unexpected can ...