Hot or Not? What Tacoma’s Real Estate Market Is Really Doing Right Now? Here is Tacoma Real Estate Market Update October 28, 2025 People are always asking Realtors: “How’s the market?”It always depends on where you mean. There are micro-markets. Sometimes the hotness moves around in Tacoma! Let’s slice it up by zip code and play a little game of... Read More »
David Gala is Working With The Hume Group Again! He’s Back!! If you’ve been in Tacoma for a long time, you might just be familiar with our business partner, David Gala. It would have been difficult to drive around Tacoma and not see this guy’s real estate signs. Many of you worked with David personally, so you know what... Read More »
Warning About ChatGPT/Zillow Integration Are you a Person or a Lead? There are huge benefits from integrating listing search into chat, but here is one warning about ChatGBT/Zillow integration; When it comes time to schedule a showing you might ask are you a person or a lead? There was a famous scene in Glengarry Glen Ross where a... Read More »
Is Dual Agency Okay in Tacoma? Dual Agency is legal in Tacoma (and Washington State generally), there are some important legal requirements, risks, and trade‑offs to understand. Is it a good idea? I will argue that no, on the whole, it is probably not something to get involved with. Once you are in a transaction it can be pretty hard... Read More »
Should Sellers Pay Buyer Brokers? Sellers are not required to offer a commission, as the recent NAR settlement makes clear, but SHOULD THEY is the question here. As nice as it would be if costs to sell a house plummeted, there is a logical reason that the buyer’s broker fee was built into the price of the house. Buyers... Read More »
If your house isn’t selling, should you drop the price? Will a price change help? It is completely understandable, and extremely common, that sellers want to push the price. It’s most people’s largest investment. Everyone wants to get the most they can. Human nature! Home listings often hit the market with a price that’s a bit “aspirational.” But what happens... Read More »
We Made the Top Ten Blog List! Big news, Tacoma friends — we made FeedSpot’s Top Ten Tacoma Real Estate Blogs list! This is not a pay-to-play scenario. This was a real, unsolicited honor, and we’re pleased about it. FeedSpot ranks blogs based on traffic, social media followers, and freshness, and we’re proud to be recognized for our efforts to... Read More »
What is “The Wedge” in Tacoma? What if you lived in a neighborhood shaped like a slice of pizza? If we’re speaking of Tacoma’s Wedge neighborhood, you’d probably like it a lot! The Wedge has a lot to offer in terms of charm and convenience. So just what is The Wedge in Tacoma and what is it like? The Wedge... Read More »
1995: Jerry Garcia passed away, Michael Jordan returned to the NBA, everyone was dancing the Macarena, E.R. and Seinfeld were hot on network T.V… and a young Tom Hume passed his real estate exam and hung his license at Pinnacle Peak Realty in Scottsdale, AZ. The world was very different and so was real estate! Older agents lugged around listing... Read More »
Over the years we have learned and developed these resources for helping aging parents with their real estate. When it comes to aging parents and family members, few of us want to think about the potential challenges associated with caring for them in the future. As a result, we often kick the proverbial can down the road, waiting until we’re... Read More »
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