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Some of My Favorites From Bellevue's ArtsFair

There was a lot of great art to see at last week’s Bellevue ArtsFair for the Bellevue Art Museum. I was truly impressed with all of the creative work presented.  Here are some highlights and some favorites from this year’s show.  There was so much great work, it was hard to pick favorites: Seth Rolland…Read More »

Cute Friday Afternoon Laugh

From  Larry Cragun at Real Estate Undressed.  Have a great weekend and hope your weekend is better than the duck’s!

Bellevue Art Museum ArtsFair is This Weekend

Bellevue’s show of shows, The Bellevue Art Museum ArtsFair is this weekend and in it’s usual place the parking garage of the mall. Where else but Bellevue would you find an art fair in such a venue, but it works!  It’s one of the summer events I’ve looked forward to over the last 23 years…Read More »

If I Knew This, I Wouldn't Have Written A Post About The Rebound of Seattle Real Estate in 2012

Who will survive in 2012? Apparently, not many of us, according to the new movie coming this fall.  It looks like the end of the world will be happening in 2012, so my previous article about the state of the real estate market and when there will be a rebound in the market, is kind…Read More »

The Seattle Area-A Balanced Real Estate Market

Are we in a healthy, balanced real estate market in Seattle? The real estate market is balanced between buyers and sellers in King-Snohomish Counties around the city of Seattle. Last year at this time, the market was very much a buyer’s market as evidenced by the color green, which covered most of the June 2008…Read More »

What Were The Chances of Selling Your Seattle/Eastside Condo in June, 2009?

(pended means the number of condos that got offers this month) (The absorption rate, the percentage of condos selling,  is the number of condos for sale in any given month divided by the actual number of condos sold that month.  So if the absorption rate or chance of selling is 10% that means out of 100 condos for sale,…Read More »

What Were The Chances of Selling Your Seattle/Eastside Home in June, 2009?

The chances of selling a home on the Eastside in June 2009 ranged from a low of 13% to a high of 23%, with an average 17% 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.)  Numbers are rounded off to the nearest whole…Read More »

Vote for Your Favorite Public Restroom, (hint Seattle's Canlis)

Here’s a little fun for a Friday.  Public restrooms, “the final frontier,” according to the Wall Street Journal, and the place we worry about putting our derrieres, are up for a vote.   Here’s your chance to vote online for the best public restroom in the country. For the past 8 years, Cintas Corporation of Cinncinnati has sponsored…Read More »

Rebound in Seattle/Eastside real estate? Wait until 2012

A rebound in Seattle real estate?  Yes, but not just yet, and it will probably be a small rebound, IMHO. Both Yahoo, via the Plugged in Finance blog and Businessweek had articles projecting a faster return to a more positive real estate market  for Seattle than for many other parts of the country.  Seattle ended…Read More »

Is A Hold On The New Real Estate Appraisal Rules, the HVCC, Coming?

Recently, I wrote about my experience with the “new and improved” real estate appraisal process, the HVCC, House Valuation Code of Conduct, a misguided attempt to right the wrongs of past appraisals.   The appraisal process needed to be revamped, but I’m not alone in seeing how difficult the new appraisal system has been for…Read More »


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