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March 12, 2008
Post-Session Town Hall with Sen. Tom, Reps.
Hunter and Eddy
BELLEVUE – The 48th District’s legislative delegation will
host a post-session town hall Saturday, March 22 at Bellevue City
Hall. Significant time will be held for questions, but members are
expected to talk about transportation, housing, education and other
issues addressed by the Legislature this session.
more>>>
March 12, 2008
Sen. Tom “moving it” all over the capitol
campus
OLYMPIA — As the 2008 legislative session draws to a close
in Olympia, so does the fourth annual Regence BlueShield "Move It"
Legislative Walking Challenge, in which legislators wear a pedometer
to record their back and forth journeys during session.
more>>>
March 5, 2008
Condo reserve studies one
step closer to law
OLYMPIA – With a 92 to 2 vote yesterday, the House
of Representatives passed Senate Bill 6215, sponsored by
Sen. Rodney Tom,
D-Bellevue, requiring residential condominium
associations to conduct annual reserve studies to determine condo
owners’ future maintenance and repair costs of common areas.
more>>>
Feb. 26, 2008
 2:05 wrap with Sen. Rodney Tom of Bellevue on
reserve fund accounts for condominium associations.
Mark Allen reports from Olympia.
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Feb. 21, 2008
Real estate licensing gets 30 year
update
OLYMPIA — The world has changed, the economy has
changed, home buying has changed, yet the licensing process
for realtors has stayed the same. “During the past 30 years we have not updated our real
estate statutes,” said Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue,
prime sponsor of legislation that updates the licensing
process and overwhelming passed the Senate Monday.
more>>>
Feb.19, 2008
Identifying real property bill passes Senate
OLYMPIA — In order for a real estate purchase-and-sale
agreement to be binding, a legal description is one of the required
elements. For years, agents have used the county’s tax parcel
identification number as the legal description, especially sense
it’s easier to understand than the traditional metes and bounds
description. more>>>
Feb. 11, 2008
No surprises for condo
owners
OLYMPIA — Condominiums are one of the last
bastions of affordable housing. Many people choose them over
single-family homes, hoping to be spared the extra costs of
maintenance and major repairs. Unfortunately, this is not
always the case.
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Feb. 6, 2008
Senate says yes to disclosure of broker profits
OLYMPIA – Buying a house is expensive. Most homebuyers
pay thousands of dollars in brokerage fees without even
knowing just how much is pure profit for the mortgage
broker. more>>>
Feb. 6, 2008
Preventing the dream of homeownership
from becoming a nightmare
OLYMPIA – The Legislature is hard at work to
prevent middle-class Washingtonians’ dreams of homeownership
from becoming nightmares. Today, the Senate passed significant legislation to
regulate the mortgage broker industry, which generates about
seventy percent of home loans today.
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Jan. 25, 2008
State Sen. Tom, Reps. Hunter and Eddy to
continue town halls Feb. 9
BELLEVUE – The 48th District’s legislative delegation will
host a town hall February 9 in Kirkland at Kirkland City Hall. A
post-session town hall is scheduled March 22 in Bellevue.
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