by Marguerite | Feb 25, 2009 | Best of Tacoma
The News Tribune blog has a great article today about my very favorite lunch spot,Infinite Soups. To celebrate their anniversary they will be giving customers free cupcakes from Corina Bakery. Um. Yeah. I’ll totally be there. For those of you who have never...
by Marguerite | Feb 25, 2009 | Tacoma Real Estate
These days, it seems the majority of my time looking at homes with buyers is focussed on homes that are priced under 200k. There are a lot of reasons for this, most of them having to do with how much buyers want to be paying for their mortgage each month. A lot...
by Marguerite | Feb 19, 2009 | Buying A House
Homebuyers, Rejoice. Buying a house in 2009 just got even easier. The President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 this week. The bill is a $780 billion package, with about 35% of the package devoted to tax cuts (mostly for 2009) and the rest...
by Marguerite | Feb 15, 2009 | Resources
The News Tribune did an excellent article today about the 2009 Property Tax Assessments that came out on Friday in Pierce County. I thought this article was very well researched and (however you feel about property taxes) gives good insight into what they’re...
by Marguerite | Feb 15, 2009 | Buying A House
The Last Judgement Last week credit companies made some changes to how your FICO score is calculated. If you are buying a house, refinancing a house, or renting an apartment- you are being judged based on your credit score. I am not one of those people who...
