Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Condo in January, 2010? (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, 10 received offers and sold.) January, 2010               1217 condos for sale,    […]
Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in January, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in January, 2010 ranged from a low of 12% to a high of 28%, with an average 21% 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.) January, 2010         2588 homes for sale,      539 […]
For Buyers Predictions for 2010 Seattle Real Estate From Local Economist The first part of 2010 is going to be the best part of the year for Seattle area real estate. This was the message over 2000 Windermere Real Estate agents heard at last week’s kick off meeting held at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.    The good news, according to economist Matthew Gardner, is “the recession is behind […]
Real Estate Opinion Have You Sent Thank You Notes to Your Buyers and Sellers This Week? I’ve received about half a dozen thank you notes from stores and services in the two dozen years I’ve been in Seattle.  I can tell you who sent me each note.  Because there have been so few, I remember who sent them.  I got to thinking about personal notes, and the lack thereof,  because I […]
Built Green and Sustainable Living Should Cul-De-Sacs Be Banned From Future Development In Washington? There aren’t going to be any more cul-de-sacs in new developments in the State of Virginia. Yes, Virginia will have no more cul-de-sacs.  Cul-de-sacs have been banned from new neighborhood developments.    Cul-de-sacs are the quintessential icon of the 1980’s-2000’s American suburb. Here on Seattle’s eastside, new neighborhoods were generally built all over with cul-de-sacs sprinkled […]
For Buyers Top Ten Structural Items to Check When Preparing Your Home For Sale Since I’ve been busy telling people now is the time to sell a home if planning to sell in 2010, I thought I’d bring up a friendly reminder about some of the top things to do around your home before you go on the market.  This is by no means a complete list, but it […]
2010 Home buyer Tax Credit The Clock is Ticking on the Real Estate Trifecta Who knows where the time goes? (“Who Knows Where the Time Goes”- written by Sandy Denny, but made famous by Judy Collins) Sometimes it seems like the past has gone in the blink of an eye.  Ironically, it feels exactly the opposite when we think of the future.  It’s human nature to think there’s all […]
For Homeowners An Earthquake Can Happen on Seattle's Eastside, Are You Prepared? The eyes of the world are glued on Haiti right now.  The Haitian tragedy is horrific.  It’s sad to see so many people who are injured and may die because help was not available quickly. Here in the US, we’re lucky to live in a country with relatively good roads, building codes, a solid infrastructure, […]
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Just for Fun Where's Lake Washington? View from Lake Washington Blvd NE in Kirkland this morning at 9 AM.  The fog was definitely here in Kirkland this morning.  It was hard to see the big lake out there. Actually, the fog was a breath of fresh air, so to speak, because there was no rain.  Seattle and the eastside have lived […]
2009 stimulus package What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Condo in December, 2009? (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, 10 received offers and sold.) December. 2009           1174 condos for sale,    […]
2009 stimulus package 2009 Ends With a More Balanced Real Estate Market Around Seattle December, 2009 Seattle real estate finished the year off on a more positive note.  With so much of the Seattle area real estate market showing “yellow,”  there was a solid return to a real estate market more evenly balanced between buyers and sellers.  This is more like the real estate market we saw in the […]
Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in December, 2009? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in December 2009 ranged from a low of 11% to a high of 20%, with an average 16% 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.) December, 2009     2584 homes for sale,     419 […]