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    • Buy
    • Seattle Times HomeWork
    |   Apr 27, 2017

    10 Tips for Staging Your Home to Sell

    Designers share their top secrets for staging your existing home so that it shows well—and sells.
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    • Buy
    • Seattle Times HomeWork
    • Homeowners
    |   Apr 20, 2017

    Understanding the Process of Selling Land

    Are you sitting on an acreage and wondering if it would be wise to sell? Could you use additional cash to fund a retirement home? Do you feel like your land could be a source of retirement income but don’t understand how to value it? Brenda Nunes of Nunes Group Realty is here to walk you through it.
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    • Build
    • Homeowners
    • Buy
    |   Apr 13, 2017

    Perspectives on How Rising Mortgage Rates May Affect Your Ability to Buy a New Home

    Researching and securing the best loan for your home is no small feat. For many years, we've enjoyed historically low interest rates for home loans. Now there are signs that this is changing. How high will rates go and how much will that matter to you?
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    • Remodel
    • Seattle Times HomeWork
    • Homeowners
    • Build
    |   Mar 30, 2017

    Wood Offers Sturdy, Natural Choice for Builders

    The benefits of building with wood seem endless, from its natural beauty to structural versatility, stability, and capacity to be uniquely crafted.
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    • Remodel
    • Homeowners
    |   Mar 23, 2017

    Rainier Custom Homes Interviews Interior Designers

    When it comes to the interior design of your home, where do you begin your planning? When your next custom project looms on the horizon, think through and consider the following counsel from three of Rainier Custom Homes' most active interior design partners.
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    • Remodel
    • Seattle Times HomeWork
    • Homeowners
    |   Mar 16, 2017

    Finding a Contractor in Seattle’s Hot Housing Market

    Here are some suggestions for setting realistic expectations, getting off on the right foot with your contractor, and moving through the process of a home remodel with ease.
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    • Seattle Times HomeWork
    • Maintain
    • Homeowners
    |   Mar 2, 2017

    How to Restore Your Worn Hardwood Floors

    Hardwood floors take the brunt of many blows, including shoe scuffs, heavy furniture scratches, dust, dogs' nails, and all kinds of assorted blotches, but they don't often get the respect they deserve (heck, we walk all over them!) until it's too late.
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    • Remodel
    • Seattle Times HomeWork
    • Homeowners
    |   Feb 2, 2017

    What’s Design-Build Remodeling—and Is It Right for Your Home?

    Home-remodeling projects don't begin with hammers and saws. They begin with dreams and ideas. But those dreams and ideas need to be developed into concrete plans. That's where using a design-build remodeler can be a huge advantage.
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