Move to Tacoma Blog
Water view neighborhoods near Tacoma
Whether you’re moving to the Pacific Northwest or you already live here- a home with a water view is on the wish list. If a water view home is what you’re looking for, Tacoma and the surrounding neighborhoods have a lot of cool neighborhoods for you to choose from. ...
“Opportunity Atlas” tool allows Tacomans to see economic disparities between neighborhoods
UPDATE: After publishing this post we were contacted by someone at The City of Tacoma to let us know about The Tacoma Equity Map. Make sure to check out this local resource by clicking here! For years the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department has been sounding the alarm that h...
How to Move to Tacoma
I’ve been a Tacoma real estate agent since 2005, and I’ve been running the MovetoTacoma.com website since 2015. If there’s one thing I do a LOT it’s answer questions and help folks who are planning their moves to Tacoma. While the places people move to T...
What’s it like living on Fox Island?
When most of us think of island living near Tacoma we imagine some of the more remote islands that are accessible only by Ferry- such as Anderson Island or Vashon Island. Fox Island is only 30 minutes from Downtown Tacoma and 20 minutes from Gig Harbor’s Uptown- most impo...
Buying a house in Tacoma? Don’t make these mistakes.
This post is an oldie but a goodie. It was my very first video that I ever filmed (pre-braces and in the full flower of my youth!). Summary of the mistakes first time buyers (and sometimes even second time buyers!) make when they’re buying houses in Tacoma: 1. They fall i...
How to Find a Rental in Tacoma’s Overheated Rental Market
Renting in Tacoma is HARD right now. The stats are showing Tacoma Rents increased 13% over last year, which is squeezing Tacomans and making it harder for people to find places to rent. At the same time, there are very few new rentals being built- which has created the most com...
Pierce County Real Estate in 2017: What Renters Need to Know
Right now, the biggest issue in Tacoma is something that Seattle’s been dealing with for years: Our population is increasing, and we’re not adding nearly enough housing units. In addition to people moving to Tacoma from outside the area, Tacomans in their 20s and 30s are co...
Pierce County Real Estate in 2017: What Buyers & Sellers Need to Know
For the past few years, people have been asking: Has our market recovered from the recession yet? When will it fully recover? What can we expect? On January 21, 2017, TheNewsTribune.com published an article that details the current state of the Pierce County housing market. ...
8 Signs It’s Time to Move to Tacoma
Hey, Seattleites—fed up with your rent going through the roof? Sick of your hour-long rush hour commute to travel a whole 2 miles? If even ONE of the following things is true for you, it just *might* be a sign that it’s time to move to Tacoma. 1. Your rent is going up. And ...
5 Times Tacoma Was Included in 2015 Top Lists
Ok… so we all know that lists can sometimes be useless, self-serving clickbait… but we also have to admit that it’s *kinda* nice to be included on them once in awhile! Lists have been popping up all over the place that feature Tacoma, and here’s our faves from 2015: “...
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