Seattle & Washington Real Estate

Real estate is local — and understanding the Washington housing market requires more than national headlines.

In this section, you’ll find:

  • Seattle-area housing insights
  • Sunday Drive neighborhood features
  • Local market commentary
  • Washington housing programs
  • Community highlights

Whether you’re buying in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, or surrounding communities, local expertise matters when structuring your financing strategy.

I’ve been helping clients throughout Washington State for over 25 years, and this section highlights insights specific to our region.

Washington Association of Mortgage Professionals honors the “Best of the Best” Tonight

Marilyn Porter and Rhonda Porter with Mortgage MasterTonight the Washington Association of Mortgage Professional is celebrating their 25th anniversary with a formal awards gala recognizing individuals and companies who have been nominated by their peers as being the best in Washington.

I am honored to be one of four finalist for Outstanding Mortgage Originator and that my employer, Mortgage Master Service Company is one of three mortgage companies in the state being recognized as an Outstanding Retail Lender. Mortgage Master Service Corporation is owned and managed by my in-laws, so I’ll be attending tonight’s event with my sister-in-law and President of Mortgage Master Service Corporation, Marilyn Porter. The family affair continues as we’ll be sitting at my sister’s table, Nicole Christy, who’s an Account Executive for Kinecta Credit Union.

It’s going to be a special evening regardless of who leaves the event with an award.

WAMP’s Leadership Awards Gala begins tonight at 6:00 pm at the Renaissance Hotel in Seattle.  More info here.

UPDATE: Mortgage Master Service Corporation WON! 

Sunday Drive to San Juan Islands

We recently took a family vacation and celebrated my husband’s birthday with our teens in the San Juan Islands. San Juan Island is beautiful and really not that far away from Seattle if you catch the non-stop ferry out of Anacortes.

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Gardens at Roche Harbor. [Read more…]

“Going Above and Beyond” is Doing Our Jobs

Excellent service mortgage Rhonda Porter Seattle I received a really nice thank you card from Shannon Ressler at Findwell Realty last week that I want to share with you. We recently helped Shannon’s clients buy a vintage bungalow that was a short sell in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle using an FHA insured mortgage. Being a short sell and an FHA insured loan, there was no shortage of paper work and the transaction was coming “down to the wire”. [Read more…]

Walla Walla Weekend

Col Solare Winery in Walla Walla

Walla Walla is one of Washington’s most well-known wine regions, offering a mix of vineyards, small-town charm, and scenic surroundings.

This Sunday Drive shares a weekend spent exploring Walla Walla — from local tasting rooms to the relaxed pace that makes the area such a popular destination for visitors and a place many people return to again and again. [Read more…]

Spring Forward Seattle

It can be tough picturing spring with all the rain we seem to be enjoying in Seattle lately.  In spite of the grey days, I do love spotting the signs of spring.   Here are a few photos I captured in my neighborhood.

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Camelia

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Drops of rain on a cork screw willow.

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Jonquils or Daffodils…I’m not sure?

By now I’m sure you’ve set your clocks forward one hour…this is also a good time to change the batteries in smoke detectors and to check your emergency safety kits at home (or create one).

Have a great day!