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5 Ways Owning Your Home Can Be Cheaper Than Renting

Rose Voorhees Real Estate

What You Need To Know to Buy Your First Home

What to Say When You First Contact a Lender How to Get the Best Mortgage Series  – Week 1 Follow this series to learn how to get the best mortgage for your specific financial situation and goals.  You’ll see what steps you need to take throughout this process to make it productive and successful! This […]

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Why You Should Know Your Exact Credit Score Are you giving your credit score the attention it deserves? If you’re even thinking about buying a home or refinancing your current one in the near future, then you need to show it some love. Make sure you understand the ins and outs of your score and […]

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How To Prepare Now to Buy Your First Home Next Year in Seattle Buying a home takes a lot of preparation and planning. It’s important to get your finances in order and other tasks done before you even start house hunting! Keep in mind that this early stage of the buying process doesn’t happen overnight. […]

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Never Trust a Zestimate At one point or another, we’ve all spent a little too much time browsing homes online. Touring can be one of the most fun parts of buying, it’s hard to resist looking! If you look too closely however, it’s easy to feel discouraged by the pesky monthly estimate next to the […]

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Almost There … Pre-Closing Details for Buyers Love Buying a Home series – Week 12 This step-by-step series will take you through the entire home-buying process — from finding a buyer’s agent to settlement day, and all the details in between. Every first-time buyer will find this information-packed series easy to follow and understand. Make […]

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How to Buy Your First Home with Zero Downpayment One of the hardest parts of buying a home for the first time is getting a downpayment together. It can feel harder and harder over time, the more we have to pay in rent and other increasing living expenses, the harder it is to save. It […]

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Review those Condo Docs!  Love Buying a Home – Week 11 This step-by-step series will take you through the entire home-buying process — from finding a buyer’s agent to settlement day, and all the details in between. Every first-time buyer will find this information-packed series easy to follow and understand. Make sure to tune in […]

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How to Navigate a Home Inspection in Seattle Love Buying a Home series – Week 10 This step-by-step series will take you through the entire home-buying process — from finding a buyer’s agent to settlement day, and all the details in between. Every first-time buyer will find this information-packed series easy to follow and understand. […]

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What You MUST Do When You Go Under Contract Love Buying a Home series – Week 9 This step-by-step series will take you through the entire home-buying process — from finding a buyer’s agent to settlement day, and all the details in between. Every first-time buyer will find this information-packed series easy to follow and […]

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How To Overcome Higher Interest Rates As A Buyer Yes, interest rates are higher than they’ve been in years.  But should higher rates prevent you from moving forward with buying a home?    Maybe, maybe not.   As I always say, the best time to buy a home, whether you’re buying your first home or […]

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Hi, I’m Rose Voorhees and I love helping first time homebuyers in Seattle make buying their first home more affordable. Let me show you how! 

Having lived and worked in Seattle for over a decade, I am passionate about making homeownership accessible to the people responsible for this city's valuable culture and community. 

For that reason, I work with first time homebuyers to help them build wealth and stability in a city where rent continually prices out the very people who built it.

Contact me today to learn how to achieve your homeownership dreams. Schedule a free consultation now!

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