The Seattle - Tacoma Real Estate Market

While the nationwide real estate market seams to be "stabalizing" or "dropping," The Seattle area real estate market still seems to be as hot as ever. Take a look at this great article in the Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/homevalues/

The myth of the 6% Commission

Here is a great posting from the Real Estate Bloggers regarding commissions. (Of course I posted a comment of my own on there!)
The Real Estate Bloggers

Save Money on Commission

Check out this great article from CNN about negotiating commissions with a Realtor. Realtors, you may hate me for posting this, but hey, do we really need to be pocketing $18,000+ when we sell an average home? I truly believe that as Realtors, we need to be putting our clients interests before our own.
Negotiating Commissions

Seattle - Tacoma, WA Real Estate

Welcome to the Seattle - Tacoma WA Real Estate Blog. This Blog is hosted by Trevor Smith, a full service John L Scott Real Estate Agent in the Seattle - Tacoma area. I am very interested to hear the opinion of people regarding discount real estate agents and brokerages. I am a discount agent who lists homes for 4% commission (www.4percentrealestate.net). Have you had good experiences? Bad experiences? Agents: I am particularly interested to hear your opinion on the subject.