General Blogs

You can very well understand that whatever you owe, is called debt. And, your inability to control the urge to have things that you can’t afford in full, keeps you forever entangled in its chains. But can we live a life free of debts? I mean, is it even possible? We definitely can’t imagine a life without credit cards, mortgage…Read More

A new Court of Appeals case in Washington has continued the trend of "Buyer Beware" when it comes to the purchase of residential real estate in Washington. Attached is a link to the case Douglas v. Visser, 295 P.3d 800 (2013) so that you can read the facts of this case to better understand the context and the surprising court…Read More

The Seattle Time has published an article on current loan modification statistics. Here is the link to the article: www.seattletimes.nwsource.com Over the past several months, we have observed that the attitude of major lenders has changed toward loan modifications. In late 2007 through 2008, lenders seemed to respond fairly well. However, in 2009 through 2010, lenders seem to be very…Read More

Prior to this legislative session, Washington required only sellers of residential real property to provide a disclosure to buyers regarding certain aspects of the real property to be transferred, unless the buyer expressly waives the seller's disclosure.  With the Legislature's passage of SSB6749, which Governor Gregoire's signed into law today, this requirement has now been extended to sellers of commercial real…Read More