More

More Coming Home To Tax Benefits As you file your 2011 taxes, this is a good time to think about how you can make the most of certain tax benefits now or in your future. For example, if you became a homeowner last year, you are now eligible to take advantage of one of the smartest ways to reduce your taxes.
More Celebrating 40 Years, Together Last week was a special week here at Windermere Real Estate. Close to 2,000 agents, franchise owners, and company leadership met up at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle to celebrate our company’s 40th anniversary.
More Windermere’s 40th Anniversary Much has changed since 1972, but one thing we’re proud to say has remained the same is our agents’ steadfast commitment to their clients and their communities. They carry on the tradition started by our dad in 1972 when he founded Windermere and built a business centered on community and mutual respect.
More Greater Seattle Offices Give $122,000 to Local Organizations If you have purchased or sold your home through Windermere, you are a part of the Windermere Foundation. Each of our offices raises funds through transaction donations, fundraising efforts, and personal contributions. The funds they raise go back to their communities, to benefit local nonprofit organizations and programs that support low-income and homeless families. We are starting a new serie...
More The Risks, Rewards, and Benefits of Owning Rental Property In the first quarter of this year, landlords and property managers across the country rented more apartments and homes than they have during the first quarters of the past ten years.
More Giving Thanks We would love to hear from you. What are you most thankful for this year? What traditions, new and old will you be celebrating?
More Milepost 40—The Journey Continues; Second Annual Windermere Foundation video Video contest Contest Back by popular demand, the Windermere Foundation is launching its second-annual video contest!
More Milepost 40—The Journey Continues; Second Annual Windermere Foundation Video Contest Back by popular demand, the Windermere Foundation is launching its second-annual video contest! Last year, we received more than 25 videos from Windermere offices all over the Western U.S., sharing the amazing work our offices and agents do for their local communities. This year, we have selected a special theme for the video contest: “Milepost […]
Don't Miss Our Next Post
Subscribe Now
More Thank you veterans! All of us at Windermere would like to take a minute to express our gratitude to the military veterans who have served our country.
More Top 10 qualities to look for in an agent Buying a home is one of the most significant financial and emotional purchases of a person’s life. That’s why it is so important to find an agent that can not only help you navigate the home search process, but one who can also answer your questions and represent your needs from start to finish.
More Windermere Foundation Quarterly News, Summer 2011 Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we have disbursed over $851,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
More Community Service Day Southwest is Friday, October 21st! Tomorrow is a very special day here at Windermere Real Estate, it is our annual Community Service Day. Every year our Southwest offices dedicate a day to working in our community to make things a little brighter for our neighbors.
More Perspectives: Building Better Communities, One Home Sale at a Time Philanthropy has always been a big part of who we are at Windermere. Back in the early days of the company it was pretty simple; we would see a need and help any way we could. But as we grew, we realized that we could accomplish much more if we had a stronger focus, so we started the Windermere Foundation in 1989.
More We did it! Building Better Communities Event Highlights This year, the Windermere Foundation is doing more for our communities, in neighborhoods where there are a lot of kids but not a lot of resources. To nominate a project or learn more about what is happening in your area, go to www.windermereandyou.org.
More Reflections on a proud legacy Next year marks Windermere Real Estate’s 40th anniversary. Who could’ve imagined that what was once an eight-agent office in northeast Seattle would eventually expand into 10 states and become the company that it is today.
More Building Better Communities: Puget Sound Park Update In a little more than two weeks, volunteers from 40 Puget Sound area offices will come together to help build a park with our community partners at Neighborhood House and the High Point Community Association. The processs of building a park has been exciting, to say the least! Below is a video of our esteemed designers at work […]
More August Perspective Work ethic has been defined as a “belief in the moral benefit and importance of work and its inherent ability to strengthen character.” For many of us, a strong work ethic was instilled from an early age. If you were a part of our family, you washed cars, swept sidewalks, watered plants, and answered phones before being given any serious responsibilities. We had to work for it the old-fashioned...
More Building Better Communities, One Home Sale at a Time The Windermere Foundation has been active in our communities for more than 22 years, but this year we decided we could do more: building parks and recreational facilities in communities with a lot of kids, but not a lot of resources. Learn more at www.windermereandyou.org.
More July Perspective We agree that community service shouldn’t end with a cap and gown. Over the years, our team has proven this time and time again by embodying the notion that service to others is not something you do, it is who you are.
More 2011 Community Service Day, Northwest Every year since 1984, Windermere associates have dedicated a day of work to complete neighborhood improvement projects as part of Windermere's Community Service Day.