From my inbox: Two messages about events celebrating architecture and design, one local and one in California. Here in Seattle, The Seattle Architectural Foundation Tours are on again for the season: From the Seattle Architectural Foundation newsletter: “Weekday Tours Program Launched Greatest Hits: Seattle Architecture Highlights is an encore presentation of some of downtown’s most talked-about…Read More »
When I drove by this billboard near the Mercer St. off ramp in downtown Seattle, I just cracked up. Whomever writes the ad copy for MegaMillions has a sense of humor. I’ll be attending my high school reunion a little later this year. This billboard echoes the sentiment many feel when revisiting their “youth”. Do you look forward to a reunion? Do you…Read More »
Homes are shelter, homes are places we eat, sleep, work, celebrate, and ??? Some homes are more. They are architecturally inspiring. Marlow Harris often writes of unique homes on her blog, 360digest. Few homes achieve icon status, but those that do, are they art or architecture or art and architecture? Are these homes works of art?…Read More »
Since the late 1980′s the Eastside of Seattle has exploded with development. Within the last few years, we’ve entered a completely new phase of development impacting many of the Eastside cities. Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah, and Bothell are all undergoing big changes. Here’s a list of some of the changes you will see on the Eastside. …Read More »
On Monday Metropolitan King County officials and Port of Seattle Commissioners met to sign the paperwork for the complicated deal between the Port of Seattle, King County, and the BNSF railroad. The Port will buy the BNSF tracks from the railway and allow King County to keep the right of way in the public domain. But…Read More »
Sellers had a 15.9% chance of selling a condo on Seattle’s Eastside in April of 2008. ( click on 2008 year to date statistics in the link above for a chart showing the condo report) April, 2008 1392 condos for sale, 222 condos sold, 15.9% chance of selling. March, 2008 1277 condos for sale, 208 condos sold, 16% chance of…Read More »
Attention all home buyers! Here’s a brief update on some changes in financing I heard about from Steve Tedrow of Windermere Mortgage: Conforming Jumbo loan rate is now at 5.25% for a 5/1 ARM, only 1/8% higher than conventional, non-jumbo loan. Fixed jumbo rates are at 5.875% Limited or no documentation loans are dead and gone.…Read More »
The chances of selling a home on the Eastside in April 2008 ranged from a low of 8.46% to a high of 19%, with an average 12.8% absorption rate. (The absorption rate is the number of homes for sale in any given month divided by the actual number of homes sold that month.) Here are the real estate statistics for single family home sales…Read More »