Steven Cook (MLO #293441) Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, King Counties

There is New Mortgage Loan Information from our office in Tacoma, Washington.

Due to our office's recent affiliation with CRL Home Loans, Inc. we have broadened the line of available mortgage loans that we can use to assist our clients.

We can now provide FHA loans for people whose credit scores are in the mid to high 500s. There are also the no appraisal VA IRRRL (refinances), and the Manufactured Housing loans that we can now provide for our clients.

We are also positioned to begin taking applications for HARP 2.0 loans, where there is no appraisal for those who are underwater, and whose loans are owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. So if you have been unable to refinance to the current low interest rates due to having a higher balance than value, please contact us today.

For anyone else looking for a home loan, or refinance, please see my contact information on how to get in touch with me in my new capacity.

A Wedding Show is being held on Saturday, January 14th, from 10 am to 2 pm at The Zahn Event Center - The Manor at 13032 Admiralty Way, Everett, Washington.

You are invited to our Everett-Lynnwood Wedding Show at The Manor for garden tours, menu samplings and featured vendors free of charge. Take this once a year opportunity to see the space in full force, experience the tasty cusine, book your event and chat with various vendors for your event.

James Sales Elementary School, a part of the Franklin Pierce School District, in Parkland, Washington, has approximately 400 students in grades K-5. The school has 24 teachers.

James Sales Elementary School was dedicated on Oct. 25, 1953. It was named after James Edward Sales, the first white child to be born in Tacoma. The school was built on part of the original Sales property.

The school was in the news recently, since they received a $100,000 award from the Ellen DeGeneres Show. It is conjunction with the school’s 12 Days of Hope program they have each December. James Sales' 12 Days of Hope is a program developed by Principal Schroeder, with the help of staff at the school, aimed to express unconditional love and unconditional giving to students in a way that supports positive reinforcement and compels the 400+ kindergarten through 5th graders to develop a greater understanding and appreciation for the practice of giving and receiving of themselves.

To view a video about this event, you may want to go to here.

Welcome to Dry December - Seattle Style II --

Well the rains have come and taken us past the driest December on record (1.35")but we are still quite a bit short of normal (5.62") here in the Seattle - Tacoma Area, having only received 1.88" so far this month - and the sun is shining today.

In the picture you can see the Museum of Glass - the cone, the 509 bridge over Thea Foss Waterway -- and Mount Rainier.

May you and yours enjoy a safe New Year's Weekend!

Here is to a dry December in Seattle, Washington. For a change, we are experiencing quite a dry December in the Seattle - Tacoma Washington area. Up though last Saturday (17th) there had been only .06" if precipitation. On Sunday, we received another .19" which brought us to a total of 1/4" for the month. The weather forecasters are promising us more in the coming days, but they are not sure how much more.

For those who are checking, the desert area of Phoenix (.94" this month) and Tuscon (2.0") are really wet in comparison.