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Eastside Real Estate Was There Any "Good" in November’s Real Estate News on Seattle’s Eastside?     If you read the news about Seattle real estate, it could make you crazy!  It’s hard to determine what’s true and what is hype.  There’s some tough news that dominates and then there is some news that is actually good.  You know how it is, bad news always travels faster than good news, […]
For Buyers You Snooze, You Lose, in This Seattle Eastside Real Estate Market   Brooks and I just sold a home in Redmond which had multiple offers.  A contract was in hand, when the very next day I received phone calls from both an agent and a prospective buyer who wanted to see the home.  They were a day late. It was gone. It was sold. Here on the eastside, […]
Bellevue, WA Which Eastside City had the Fastest Selling Homes In October, 2011?   Homes in East Bellevue and Redmond near Microsoft sold the fastest on Seattle’s eastside in October. Homes sold in under 2 months, at 59 days. Market time for the other eastside cities, ranged from 99-117 days or just shy of 4 months.  This is a reasonable market time as it shows a more of a balanced […]
Eastside Real Estate Was There Really a Decline In Seattle Eastside Real Estate Pricing in October, 2011?   Yes, Virginia, there was a decline in median pricing on Seattle’s eastside in October. The Seattle media got everyone a little nervous about real estate when it stated there had been a 15% y-o-y price drop in King County real estate prices from October of 2010 to 2011.  I talked with several clients who […]
Eastside Real Estate Is Now a Good time to Sell Your Seattle Eastside Home? Is this a good time to sell your Seattle eastside home?  If you’re a seller on Seattle’s eastside, the numbers are on your side.  This is the second week in a row with less than 10,000 homes on the market in King County, a first for this year!  The competition has pulled up the “for […]
Eastside Real Estate Were there a lot of Distressed Real Estate Sales on the Eastside? My last post focused on distressed sales in the counties around Seattle, a huge area.  This post focuses on the eastside cities across Lake Washington from Seattle. The hardest hit area for distressed property sales on Seattle’s eastside is what we Realtors call area 600 (see bottom of the chart above) which encompasses north Kirkland, […]
Eastside Real Estate How Many Seattle Area Real Estate Sales Were Distressed Sales? How much of the Seattle area real estate market is made up of distressed sales, sales in which the property is bank owned or a seller is required to obtain approval from the bank in order to sell?   In the third quarter of 2011, Seattle and the eastside suburbs were holding their own in […]
Built Green and Sustainable Living Cool Green Living and Money Saving Tools at zHome in Issaquah Last weekend my husband and I took an open house tour of zHome, a new green town home community in the Issaquah Highlands.  zHome is the first carbon-neutral and zero energy multi-family complex in the US.   The place was buzzing with activity.  There were about 100 people on various tours.   These are not your typical […]
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Real Estate Our Blog/Website has a New Look! Brooks and I see ourselves as real estate advisors, not sales people.  We spend a lot of my time consulting with our clients about how best to update and remodel their homes so they can get the best price when selling. Updating and remodeling a home is a hot topic these days.  This is why […]
Eastside Real Estate Seattle Eastside Condo Sales Keep Popping! Seattle-eastside condo sales were still hot in September.  Twenty-one percent of the condos for sale got offers for the third month in a row!  There’s less for sale this month than in August and fewer condos actually sold, but the odds of selling were exactly the same.  It’s exciting to see the sales numbers for […]
Bellevue, WA Which Seattle Eastside City had the Fastest Real Estate Sales in September 2011? Aubrey Cohen wrote an article about the fastest selling neighborhoods in Seattle, which prompted me to write this  post about the fastest selling neighborhoods on Seattle’s eastside.  What happens in Seattle, doesn’t just stay in Seattle, it also happens here on the Eastside! Homes in East Bellevue and Redmond near Microsoft sold the fastest on […]
Eastside Real Estate The Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Market Feels Good! Seattle’s eastside real estate market was very steady in September, 2011.   It’s not dramatic with the highs and lows of the recent past, which is refreshing, plus eastside real estate sales are moving and moving well.  It looks as if the peak of real estate sales for the year was back in May, when 24% […]
For Sellers 5 Ways to Tell Your Home is Priced Too High Your home has been on the market for more than 30 days. Is your home overpriced? Here are good some ways to tell if your home is overpriced: No one comes to see your home.  Since everything is online now, buyers decide which homes they want to see, sharing this information with their broker before […]
Not Real Estate Go Food Shopping on Seattle's Eastside on Saturday, the 24th There are hungry people on the eastside that need you!  There’s an easy way for you to help.  This weekend marks the start of the Eastside Month of Concern for the Hungry.    Many eastside supermarkets will have volunteers from the Emergency Feeding Program standing by to collect food from shoppers.  Please help donate all that […]
Disaster Preparedness Update Your Emergency Food Supply and Donate Food at the Same Time! September is disaster preparedness month.  Are you prepared?   The truth is most people haven’t done anything.  So you are off the hook this time, but the reality is you need to do something!  No one will be there to bail you out with food if there is a disaster.  The first responders will be busy […]
Bellevue, WA How Many Real Estate Sales Were in Your Seattle-Eastside Neighborhood in August, Seattle-eastside real estate sales results were so similar during June, July, and August I could have posted the same report with just a few exceptions each month!  Overall, 23% of the available homes sold in August, the same as June and July! [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Eastside+of+Seattle&aq=&sll=47.610377,-122.200679&sspn=0.123598,0.359459&vpsrc=0&g=Bellevue,+WA&ie=UTF8&hq=Eastside+of&hnear=Seattle,+King,+Washington&t=m&ll=47.615847,-122.302272&spn=0.338201,0.11521&output=embed&w=425&h=350] The only significant change happened in West Bellevue and East Bellevue […]
Bellevue Real Estate August Condo Sales on Seattle's Eastside Blew Past Last Year's Sales Seattle-eastside condo sales The number of condos to receive offers on Seattle’s eastside skyrocketed by 62% over last August.  This good news was coupled with 31% fewer condos on the market.   In August, there were 1032 condos for sale.  Two hundred thirteen received offers and sold, representing an absorption rate of 21%. Even though the […]
Bellevue Real Estate Real Estate Sales on Seattle's Eastside Are The Best in Years! The Seattle-eastside real estate market is only getting better and better!  August home sales beat July and were way ahead of last August.  This August was one of the best real estate markets in years! Real estate sales were hopping.  Thirty-three percent more homes received accepted offers this August than August of 2010.  Almost 20% […]
For Buyers There's a Good Real Estate Market in Seattle and on the Eastside The real estate market in Seattle and on the eastside is doing well. The Seattle Times just published a great article about something all of us Realtors working in the trenches already know.  It’s been good this year and has only gotten better as the year progressed.   The article in The Times compares this year […]
For Homeowners Do You Have Enough Insurance to Rebuild Your Home? Things like earthquakes and hurricanes happening in the U.S. got me thinking of the need to do an annual update for your house insurance. Does your home need an insurance check up? Do you have enough insurance coverage for your home?  The real estate market changes all the time.  The value of a home and […]
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