So I get a call at work Thursday from Amy suggesting she found a house that I need to see. I try to get it pushed back to Friday or Saturday, but she insists we need to see it that night.
It's been on the market three days. At the time Amy called (3pm) there were no offers on the house. So, we arrange to go see it at 6ish. By the time we get there, two offers are on the house. By the time we're done viewing it, four offers are in on the house. So, five minutes into the car ride home we decide we'll put an offer in. We do the paperwork this morning, and the total number of offers at that point is 7 (including ours). We offer 5% above asking price. Found out at 6pm tonight that we did not get the house, apparently to someone waiving an inspection (the house had had some water damage... no way we weren't getting an inspection).
And that's the way the market is these days. Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, and Google are all hiring like crazy in the Seattle area, and that's just the companies I know about.
Supposedly houses in our parameters come onto the market with regularity. Our realtor knows what we're looking for, so hopefully she keeps us in the loop as soon as something comes onto the market.
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