<div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BmboHT9kE78" width="480"></iframe> <br /> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;">Want to sell your home?&nbsp;<a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/home-valuation/" style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Get a free home value report</b></a></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;">Want to buy a home?&nbsp;<b style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/results/" style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Search all homes for sale</a></b></i><br /> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></i> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As far as the Seattle area market is concerned, conditions are fantastic for sellers. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inventory is way down, somewhere around 30% under where we were at this point last year, and it was pretty low at that time. </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b id="docs-internal-guid-cbc004ce-05e7-4ce3-517d-2f624fefbf66" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite the lack of inventory, sales are about the same as we saw last year, so </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we don’t foresee these great selling conditions slowing down anytime soon. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’ve been thinking about selling, this year is the year to do it. Interest rates are slated to rise, and we’re unsure what the future of our market holds. Conditions are a bit tougher for buyers, but we’ve had some success getting people under contract here in the Seattle area; it’s just a matter of having the right team working for you. </span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsvxtqyx3P3p1uO_4zdu5twtILb8Nsi7p6LfJdnVJwnGfmVeornZbQFhc_jgzNP8i7QYW5EoMWKNiNIs2oNayczSZ9HdfWbj9kjvmOn7DU2YjAOlDCTGMAHqaXmPl8iJ9wAxA9EIwvJsa/s1600/Harley+Dufek+pull+quote+04.05.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsvxtqyx3P3p1uO_4zdu5twtILb8Nsi7p6LfJdnVJwnGfmVeornZbQFhc_jgzNP8i7QYW5EoMWKNiNIs2oNayczSZ9HdfWbj9kjvmOn7DU2YjAOlDCTGMAHqaXmPl8iJ9wAxA9EIwvJsa/s400/Harley+Dufek+pull+quote+04.05.16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you would like to take advantage of current market conditions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We would love to hear from you!</span></span></div> </div>