Archive for March, 2008

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14

Puyallup Open Houses this Weekend!

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Here is the latest scoop on Open Houses published in the NWMLS computer for this weekend. Please enjoy, and if you need me, your favorite buyer’s agent/ Realtor/ Associate Broker/ Ambassador for the Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce and all around nice guy………Call me, Dennis Endres, at Keller Williams Realty in Puyallup,
Washington. I am here for you!

 13517 171st St. E.             4bd/2.5ba              $449,900          Friday           3:00-7:00

6719 131st St. E.                3bd/2.5ba             $259,950           Saturday      11:00-2:00

8719 119th St. Ct. E.          4bd/2.5ba            $330,000           Saturday      12:00-3:00

8925 176th St.Ct.E.            3bd/2.5ba            $289,000          Saturday        1:00-4:00

13503 168th St.Ct.E.         4bd/2.5ba            $410,000          Saturday         1:00-4:00

18209 87th Ave. E.            5bd/2.5ba            $429,950           Saturday         1:00-4:00

9309 167th St.Ct.E.           3bd/2.5ba            $439,000           Saturday         1:00-4:00

18319 113th Ave. E.           4bd/2.5ba           $334,950            Sunday          11:00-1:00

12613 117th Ave. E.           3bd/2.5ba           $289,500            Sunday            1:00-4:00

16204 86th Av.Ct.E.          4bd/2.5ba           $342,000            Sunday            1:00-4:00

8904 180th St. E.               4bd/2.5ba           $417,000            Sunday             1:00-4:00

13224 115th St. E.              3bd/2.5ba           $589,900            Sunday            1:00-4:00  

If you see anything you like and you’d like your own Buyer’s Representative……  Call Dennis!

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11

Mt Rainier from Puyallup

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This weekend, I was out with real estate clients showing them homes that they have interest in buying. I came around the corner and saw the Mountain. I thought I would share this view with you. Mt Rainier usually impresses me….so if you see repeat pictures, that is why.

So, enjoy the mountain………

Mt Rainier looks a little ominous with all the clouds around it.

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10

FHA has New Loan Limits for Home Mortgages

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Last week they released the FHA Single Family Home Mortgage Loan Limits effective as of March 5, 2008.

Some people disagree on how long it will take before you can actually get this much of a loan.

The new $$$Numbers are as follows:

Pierce County             $567,500

King County                $567,500

Kitsap County            $475,000

If you would like to know more about other Washington Counties…Click Here!!!

If you would just like General HUD/FHA information….Click Here!!

If you are still confused or just want some answers….Call me, Dennis Endres, your local Realtor at Keller Williams Realty. 253 683-3100

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08

Tacoma Rainiers Pre-Season Party

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Tacoma Rainiers Baseball, Photograph by Ken Lund and Flickr.

We went last year to the Tacoma Rainiers games. Keller Williams Realty, here in Puyallup, got together and had a bleacher party. We had our own grill, lots of sodas and a good time had by all. An added bonus, we got all this and watched real baseball, all afternoon!     See…. We don’t just sell homes and real estate all the time. Sometimes we like to have some fun too!!

 Next weekend the Tacoma Rainiers are having a Pre-Season Party. It’s March 15th from 11:00-2:00PM at Cheney Stadium. You can buy hats, shirts, VIP memberships, or just scout out where you want your seat to be!!!

There is going to be FREE hot dogs and sodas.

There will be Face painters and activities for the kids.

There is more, more, more at the Rainiers website….Click Here!!!

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07

Another Beautiful Day in a Puyallup Neighborhood!

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I should be having more Real Estate news and information about homes, here on this site. What they are selling for, why buyers are not buying in droves!  But, It’s always more fun to take pictures downtown when I see something in front of me.  The market is better in the last few months. There are more homes selling now…..

I just couldn’t resist taking some pictures today. It’s not that there is so much Sun!!

It’s that I can actually see Mt Rainier. It doesn’t happen that often in the winter/spring. So, enjoy it while we can!

Mt Rainier, taken today from Downtown Puyallup.

Pretty soon, this whole Flower field is going to be yellow, Downtown Puyallup.

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07

Puyallup Open Houses this Weekend

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I have found some Open Houses for you to look at this weekend. If any piece of Real Estate looks interesting and you want a Professional to help, a Buyer’s Agent with a lot of experience, an Associate Broker/Realtor to walk you through the maze……Please Call me or Email me, Dennis Endres, Keller Williams Realty Puyallup.

Good Luck and have some fun this weekend looking at homes!!

8513 173rd St. E.                 4bd/2.5ba               $268,000                Saturday      11-3

13707 116th Ave.Ct.E         4bd/2.5ba               $299,950                 Saturday      12-3

9822 69th Ave.Ct.E.           5bd/4.25ba             $800,000                Saturday        1-3

2010 30th St.Ct.SE             5bd/3.5ba               $469,950                 Saturday        1-4

2001 30th St.Ct.E.              5bd/3.5ba               $449,950                 Saturday        1-4

1811 Brookmonte Dr SE     4bd/2.75ba            $499,600                 Sunday         11-2

1822 22nd Ave. SE              3bd/2ba                 $295,000                 Sunday         12-4

15421 120th Ave. E.           3bd/1.75ba             $289,950                 Sunday           1-3

8713 161 St. E.                     3bd/2.5ba              $259,950                  Sunday           1-4

2216 39th St.                       4bd/2.5ba              $674,975                   Sunday           1-4

728 22nd St. SW                 4bd/3.5ba              $425,000                  Sunday           1-4

13405 169th St.Ct.E          4bd/2.75ba            $424,950                   Sunday    2:30-4:30  

Condo Open House

11103 63rd St.E.                2bd/1.75                 $200,000                  Sunday          1-4

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It’s Tax Season, Watch out for Scams, even in Puyallup!

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I know this picture is not about the IRS, but I was just thinking about Scuba Diving today. This helps!

It seems the criminal mind goes into overdrive sometimes. If they were as creative with a legal way to make money, they would probably make even more!!

The IRS has a website with a lot of information, new laws, tax tips, warnings about new scams and old scams as well.

For those of us who have property to lose, maybe even money in our checkbook, a home we cannot afford to give to some crook……………

This website is one you should check out…Click Here!!!

If it saves you a lot of money…..Call Me, Dennis Endres! I can help you spend it!

Vacations, Diving, A trip to Fiji, maybe even buy a new home.

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05

Daylight Saving Time Begins in Puyallup

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Trick question: This is Mt Rainier, but was the photo taken on Daylight Saving Time or was it taken on Pacific Standard Time???

It’s that time again, Sunday morning at 2 AM, March 9th, 2008, set your clocks ahead by one hour.

Well, I guess you are right, Daylight Saving Time begins almost everywhere….But the most important place to us in the Greater Puyallup area. This phenomenon has made me wonder for a long time….. Why is it, that if we change the clock, it confuses the Sun and we get more(or less) sunshine??

How can farmers have more time in the fields, now that we are here and we are smarter than the sun?

When and where did all this creativity begin? Was it last year? I seem to remember it when I was a child…..I know what you are thinking! It was not that long ago. It was only last Century. Well, maybe it was that long ago. After all, I can say, my Real Estate career is spanning 2 centuries. Not that I am that old. I plan to have my 42nd birthday next week, again!

Some of you already know this, but Benjamin Franklin thought up the idea of Daylight Saving Time. Some think that he was just kidding around. Someone else, apparently, took him literally.  Now, every thinks it has be be a good thing, because it’s been around so long??

For some more information about Daylight Saving Time, Click Here!!!

Thanks for tuning in for another  (educational??) experience. This is you local Realtor, Dennis Endres, signing off.

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04

Puyallup Downtown Art

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I have some more art pictures for you. This is for you that like the beauty of downtown and the friendly atmospere of our hometown…..Puyallup. 

I caught a citizen doing his own art in downtown Puyallup.

 

 We have all seen this guy working for the railroad.

Someone trying to sell me something at the Farmer’s Market in Downtown Puyallup.

Beautiful bird in the park, downtown Puyallup Washington.

That’s it for today. But stay tuned…..this is Dennis Endres your local Realtor, photographer. I will have more pictures for you sometime soon.

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Ezra Meeker, from Puyallup? or is Puyallup from Ezra??

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I have some more pictures from Puyallup and of the story about Ezra Meeker. He came to this area in the early 1900’s looking for some land to farm. Who knew that Real Estate would become this important to us all?

This might be what Mt. Rainier looked like when Ezra Meeker arrived in Puyallup.

Do you think, in Ezra’s wildest dreams, he could have imagined this view?

It is common to name schools after UNcommon men, such as Ezra Meeker.

Wow! Even a street named after the man, Ezra Meeker. Someone thought this man important enough to have his name all over town.

I have more….but, I will save some for later. This farmer, Ezra Meeker made a pretty wide swath in our end of the Valley.

I am happy and proud to live where he walked, toiled, farmed, lived and grew his crops and children…..Puyallup.

Thank you all for listening, Dennis Endres.

If anyone has something to share about this subject, please send it in!