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Bellevue Real Estate How Many Real Estate Sales were on Seattle's Eastside in February 2011? Despite what the media is reporting, February Seattle-eastside real estate sales were the strongest we’ve seen in a very long time. If you look all the way back to December, 2009, there were more real estate sales in February than any other month, except March and April of last year.  More homes sold last March […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Badly is Seattle's Eastside Real Estate Affected by Distressed Sales “Distressed Homes Sales Dragging Prices Down” screamed the print version of The Seattle Times, while the online version shouted  “Median Home Price in King County Drops in February, Dragged Down by Bank Repos. Pretty scary headlines.  Scary headlines certainly attract readers. Distressed home sales, bank repos and short sales, are out there and affecting home […]
Bellevue, WA The Tolls Are Coming! The Tolls Are Coming to Seattle's 520 Bridge The tolls are coming for the 52o bridge from Seattle’s eastside to Seattle starting in March, 2011. Travel across the bridge to Seattle during peak times will set you back $3.50 each way.  The cost is less during other hours of the day.  In fact, if you head across the lake during the middle of […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did January, 2011 Seattle-Eastside Condo Sales Compare to January, 2010? This is the fewest number of condos for sale in years, and I mean years.  I checked all the way back to the beginning of 2008.  There were only two months in 2008 when less than 1100  condos were for sale on Seattle’s eastside.   This is a better time than most of the past […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Many Real Estate Sales Were on Seattle’s Eastside in January 2011 Compared to 2010? [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bellevue,+WA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.403932,58.271484&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bellevue,+King,+Washington&ll=47.610377,-122.200679&spn=0.310148,0.910492&z=10&output=embed&w=425&h=350] How did January, 2010 compare to January, 2011 in your neighborhood? (Click on the cities below to see real estate trends for the past 5 years.  You’ll find the median pricing for each city and whether the number of homes for sale and the number of sales went up or down.  The odds […]
Bellevue Real Estate Has a Positive Trend Started in Seattle-Eastside Real Estate? The positive trend in Seattle’s eastside real estate continued from December, 2010 to January’s sales.  Maybe the uptick in December was not an anomaly?  We’ll still need to wait and see. This, again,  is what the Seattle Times said after December’s home sales numbers were released: • Buyers are climbing off the fence, even if […]
Bellevue Real Estate Seattle Economist's Predictions for the 2011 Real Estate Market, Part II Matthew Gardner, of Gardner Economics,  spoke at our annual Windermere Real Estate/East, Inc kick-off meeting today.  Mr. Gardner shared his thoughts about the local economy and Seattle real estate. Here are some of the highlights: Seattle will recover more quickly than other parts of the west. Growth will be slow and from the center, Seattle, […]
Bellevue Real Estate Is This The New "Normal" for Seattle Area Real Estate? Maybe this is how real estate is going to be in the Seattle area. Maybe we’ll have some local markets where things are “hot” just for the buyer, and, someday again, even for the seller.  But maybe the Seattle marketplace will be more balanced (yellow on the map below) between the buyers and the sellers.  […]
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Bellevue Real Estate How Many Condos Sold on Seattle's Eastside in Dec 2010 Compared to 2009?   December, 2010 beat out December, 2009 by 35 sales.  Over 30% more Seattle-eastside condos sold in 2010 than 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 […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Many Real Estate Sales Were on Seattle's Eastside in Dec 2010 Compared to 2009? [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bellevue,+WA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.403932,58.271484&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bellevue,+King,+Washington&ll=47.610377,-122.200679&spn=0.310148,0.910492&z=10&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Sales were much better in December, 2010 than Dec, 2009 almost everywhere, but not across the board.  In 4 of the 7 Seattle-eastside real estate areas, sales percentages were up from 2009 t0 2010.  Sales increases ranged from 2% in South Bellevue and Issaquah to 40% in Redmond/East Bellevue.  East Bellevue and Redmond […]
Bellevue Real Estate December, 2010, A Surprise in the Seattle Eastside Real Estate Market How did Seattle’s eastside end its year in real estate? Surprising to some, there was a huge increase in the number of homes sold in some areas when compared to last year.  Pending sales for the year on the eastside were up by 10%. Only a few of the eastside neighborhoods had home sales which […]
Bellevue Real Estate What's The Worst Time to be on the Market in the Seattle Area? It’s July!  Why July? Because that’s the time of year when the largest number of homes and condos are on the market. Are you surprised? So many times I hear from people they’re waiting until the summer to sell, when school is out.  But it’s not the best time.  If you look at the chart […]
Built Green and Sustainable Living Have a Very Merry "Green" Holiday Attention all you Seattle eastsiders: Have a Very Merry “Green” Holiday! Holiday Lights Looking for a last minute gift idea? Give a tote bag or sign someone up for weekly home deliveries of local produce.  Full Circle Farms has terrific produce available. Can you re-use a potato chip bag to wrap presents? Check this video […]
Bellevue Real Estate This Past Month Seattle Eastside Real Estate Was Balanced Between Buyers and Sellers The Seattle-eastside market is balanced.  Surprised by that?  Here’s why I say this: A balanced market is when homes on average are selling in 3-6 months.  This means there was a more level playing field between buyers and sellers during that particular month, in this case November 2010.  Given the news we hear, it’s surprising […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Was The Seattle Eastside Condo Real Estate Market in November, 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.) November, 2010         1191 condos for sale       […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did November, 2010 Real Estate Sales Do In Your Seattle-Eastside Neighborhood? [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bellevue,+WA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.403932,58.271484&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bellevue,+King,+Washington&ll=47.610377,-122.200679&spn=0.310148,0.910492&z=10&output=embed&w=425&h=350] In 5 of the 7 Seattle-eastside real estate areas, sales percentages were up by a lot from last year!  Sales increases ranged from 13.5% in Redmond/Carnation to 47% in Redmond/East Bellevue. We also saw a huge drop in the number of homes for sale on Seattle’s eastside over the past few months.  A […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Was The Seattle Eastside Real Estate Market in November, 2010? Are Seattle-eastside home sales going “merrily” along? Merrily may be an extreme word to use in this case to describe Seattle-eastside real estate, however, it’s good news to see in 5 of the 7 eastside areas, there were more home sales this November than last.   In some areas, there was a huge increase in the […]
Bellevue Real Estate Are We Seeing The Number of Homes On The Market in King County Dropping? It’s easy to see that King County real estate is following the national trend right now. There are fewer homes on the market than just a few weeks ago and, definitely, from a few months ago.  The peak of the competition was back in the last week of July when there were 14,639 homes on […]
Bellevue Real Estate There's No Sign of a Seller's Market in Seattle Real Estate   The lack of “red” showing a seller’s market in Seattle area real estate is no big surprise.  However, it’s good to see the market was more balanced in some Seattle area neighborhoods in October. A balanced market is when homes on average are selling between 3-6 months, which means there was a level playing […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Was The Seattle-Eastside Condo Market in October, 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.) October, 2010         […]
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