Spokane, WA Real Estate: Buyers ........

Jeannette Karis "The REALTOR with the English accent!"

Start your HOME SEARCH in Spokane or any other city in US. This great site also has links to school and neighborhood info and the maps have street, overhead (balloon view) or street views so you can get a good idea of the area. Search by address, MLS #, area, map it's so easy.

This IS the time to buy. Let me tell you why ...

Available mortgage interest rates at 50 year lows Average home prices holding at affordable levels
A wide inventory of homes on the market
Popular FHA programs available with just 3.5% down payment required
First Time Home Buyers - an up to $8000 Federal tax credit for purchase up to April 30 in 2010 that close by June 30th 2010 and does not have to repaid. First-Time Homebuyer Credit Questions and Answers: Homes Purchased in 2009
Resale buyers who have lived in thier principal residence for 5 of the last 8 years are eligible for a $6,500 tax credit for purchase contracts accepted by April 30 2010 and closed by June 30 2010.
FHA 203K Streamline loan allows buyers to borrow up to 110% of the appraised value the balance over contract price is held by the lender and released on production of invoices for predetermined work or appliance purchases - so much easier than the old 203K as no general contractor required to oversee the work

The buying process 101 step by step.

Fun vidoes to talk you through ...
Renting vs Buying
Mortgage and interest rates
Closing costs
WA State Housing Finance Commission
Putting it all together

Interested in Short Sales or Foreclosures? I can sell those too.

See the Spokane grid map used by Realtors® in the Spokane area and find out where the homes are, you can zoom in to street level.

First Time Home Buyers - Home ownership is part of the American dream. Let me help you make that dream come true. I will hold your hand and take you through the process step by step. I can inform you about the First Time Home Buyers loan programs - not every loan officer works these programs. Questions? Want to know more? Buyers Form

Buying a home in Spokane, WA? Put an Accredited Buyers Representative®, ABR® to work for you. Now you have an agent specifically committed to representing YOUR best interest when buying a home. The seller has representation, why don't you? The best part ... this is a free service nearly all of the time.

As your buyer agent I can show and sell you any home listed with any real estate company. If you email the type of home you are looking for I can send you all the homes currently for sale that match your criteria and then update you with new ones the first day they hit the market. To sign up for email notification of new listings as they come on the market email Jeannette Karis

Why can't buyers search all the MLS listings? - not all listing brokers and or sellers give permission for their listings to be dispersed to the public only to all other brokers. If you request email notifications, these come directly off the MLS and this is the only way to know about all the listings with the cooperating brokers of the Spokane Association of Realtors.

If you E-mail me MLS numbers, I will E-mail back the addresses.jkaris@spokanehomes4u.com

See the report cards on WA State schools. (this will take a few moments to load). Spokane is school district 81, other school districts that adjoin are (to the north) Mead 354, Nine Mile Falls 325/179, (to the east) West Valley 363, Central Valley 356, East Valley 361, (to the south) Cheney 360 and Freeman 358, and (to the west) Medical Lake 326.

Why use RE/MAX, it's the quality service.

If you are interested in having this kind of service from YOUR real estate professional, click here Buyers Form

MY REAL ESTATE SERVICE AREAS - Spokane county and adjoining areas including: Airway Heights, Chatteroy, Cheney, Colbert, Elk, Five Mile, Greenacres, Liberty Lake, Mead, Medical Lake, Millwood, Newman Lake, Nine Mile Falls, north side, Otis Orchards, Shadle, South Hill, Spokane, Spokane Valley, Stevens county, Suncrest, Veradale, Mead, East Valley, Central Valley, West Valley, West Plains