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What’s Your 1st Time Home Buyer Story?

August 18, 2010 Colleen's Blog

Unbelievably low interest rates are bringing the idea of home ownership to the minds of many first timers.
Awhile back, I published a post about  the first time home buying process my husband I experienced. If you or someone you know has recently bought as a first time owner, I’d love to hear your story!
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Looking for Late Summer Color?

August 5, 2010 Around Town

Although I’d  potted a few of my patio planters about 7 weeks ago,I’ve been waiting for Summer to finally arrive before doing them all. Ok it’s August for petesake, and I can’t wait any longer…..well, that and a looming outdoor party spurred me to action. Even if we only get a few weeks enjoyment from [...]

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Tahoma School District 1st to Be Recognized in Green Schools Program

July 2, 2010 Popular
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The Tahoma School District continues to impress with it’s efforts to stand “above the crowd”. Recently the district received recognition by King County as the first district to achieve the first level of the Green Schools Program. All eight schools in the district worked to significantly improve in areas of waste and energy reduction.
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Lots of Excitement this Weekend Over “The Bear”

May 17, 2010 Around Town

Maple Valley was in the news this weekend, several times in fact as animal control officers moved to release a large black bear caught in the area. Poor guy, I’m sure he meant no harm but I’m also glad he’s gone. Wouldn’t have been very fun encountering him while showing an acreage property!

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It’s Baaaack!

May 15, 2010 Area Photos
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After some back and forth and tweaking and reorganizing, I finally decided to move my photos back over to the MapleValleyPhotos.com website. Sorry for the ping-pong. I hope you’ll continue to find both sites helpful and interesting. Comments are always welcome!

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Return Visitors

February 21, 2010 Colleen's Blog
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Our weather so far in 2010  has been incredible . For the past two days I’ve been able to turn the furnace down and open the windows to enjoy the 60+ degree afternoons (warmer with the sun streaming through the windows).
Spring seems to be arriving about 4 weeks early here in Maple Valley; plum trees [...]

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Tracking My Prediction Progress

January 21, 2010 Colleen's Blog
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It’s pretty early for me to be evaluating the accuracy of my predictions for the 2010 Maple Valley Real Estate market, but then again we’re talking about moi.
When I go “on a diet”, I weigh myself that afternoon (and the next morning and the next afternoon ’cause you just never know, right?). When we want [...]

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Eight Predictions for Maple Valley Real Estate Market in 2010

December 29, 2009 Colleen's Blog
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In honor of having survived completed two decades in service to the real estate industry, I thought I’d step out on a limb and publish my first ever official list of predictions for our local real estate market here in Maple Valley, WA.
Here’s how I see things shaking out for 2010 (in no particular order):

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