Seattle’s Seafair Marathon ran by yesterday from Seattle through the Eastside cities of Bellevue and Kirkland. The runners showed lots of grit, guts, sweat, humor, and appreciation. Pretty impressive, given that I was seeing this when the runners were hitting their 23rd mile and the temperature kept climbing to one of our hottest days of…Read More »
The Seafair Marathon is crossing the 520 bridge with most of the route on the eastside of Seattle this year for the first time. This Sunday, the 29th, the marathon begins at 7 AM in Husky Stadium and treats the runners to fabulous views of Lake Washington as they run across the bridge to the eastside…Read More »
The sellers came home from a second showing of their home to find all the windows open, the doors unlocked, and all the lights on. They were not happy. They were feeling a little violated when they found the house wide open. When an offer came from these buyers who had left the house…Read More »
Interesting and open, this is how I would characterize Jorrit Van Der Meulen, the Vice President of Partner Relations for Zillow. I had the opportunity to hear Mr. Van Der Meulen talk at my monthly Forum XXII networking meeting. He shared some of the history of the Zillow, the missteps, changes in direction, and…Read More »
On the third Friday in June of each year, Windermere Real Estate closes its doors for the day. The Windermere agents volunteer to take care of other kinds of real estate. It’s Windermere Real Estate’s Community Service Day. Each office works on a project in the local community. it’s a great opportunity to give back…Read More »
I recently met with some people who have a beautiful home. They’d been thinking this might be a good time to make a move because they had their “pick of the litter” with all the homes available. They believed, rightfully so, they could get another home at a great price. I agreed with them. …Read More »
Sellers had a 14% chance of selling a condo on Seattle’s Eastside in May of 2008. ( click on 2008 year to date statistics in the link above for a chart showing the condo report) May, 2008 1472 condos for sale, 211 condos sold, 14% chance of selling. April, 2008 1392 condos for sale, 222 condos sold, 15.9% chance of…Read More »
The chances of selling a home on the Eastside in May 2008 ranged from a low of 7.3% to a high of 21%, with an average 12% 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…Read More »
Here comes the sun. Is summer finally here in Seattle? A sure sign of summer, cruise ships on their way to Alaska from Seattle. A great place to get a bird’s eye view of these ships is from the upper deck of Ray’s Boathouse restaurant near the Shilshole Marina. The ships pass by just before 5…Read More »
Many real estate bloggers are writing about the change in the real estate law, HB2791 which covers distressed home sales in the State of Washington. The bill is very complicated and very confusing, setting up some situations which may not be as the law was intended, to help seller’s in distress. The intent of the law…Read More »