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Bellevue Real Estate How Did October, 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] Ok, the real estate market is slower, that much we all know, but it’s not dead and there are homes selling. These are the homes that stand out compared to the competition, because they show well and are seen as a value.  Today’s pricing is similar to 2005 pricing.  I’ll post another piece […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Was The Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Market in October, 2010?
Bellevue Real Estate How Many Home Sales on Seattle's Eastside Are Distressed Properties? Are there a lot of distressed property sales on Seattle’s eastside? These are bank owned/foreclosed properties and “short sales,” requiring 3rd party or bank approval. A short sale is when the seller is selling the home for less than the amount owed to the bank, so the seller is “short” on what is owed to […]
For Buyers If You're Closing on Your Home When Property Taxes Are Due, Could You Pay Twice? Closing near the time your property taxes are due? With the second half payment due at the end of October, it reminded me of what happened to a client of mine who was closing on the sale of her home near the time property taxes were due. Here’s what happened: Bank of “You Know Who” […]
Bellevue Real Estate It Was Mostly a Buyers' Market on Seattle's Eastside in September, 2010     Sellers’ markets on this map are in red and there is no red in Seattle or on Seattle’s eastside. Most of the neighborhoods are buyers’ markets, which are in green.  Only two areas, Bellevue and Redmond near Microsoft, which is area 530, and area 600, which is Woodinville, Bothell, Duvall, are balanced markets.  […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Was The Seattle-Eastside Condo Market in September, 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.) September, 2010        1448 condos […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did September, 2010 Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Sales Do In Your Neighborhood? [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Seattle-eastside&sll=47.709762,-122.011414&sspn=0.310487,0.911865&ie=UTF8&split=1&radius=21.22&rq=1&ev=zo&hq=Seattle-eastside&hnear=&ll=47.709762,-122.011414&spn=0.310487,0.911865&t=h&output=embed&w=425&h=350] How did September, 2009 compare to September, 2010 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 How Was The Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Market in September, 2010?     So how was the September real estate market on Seattle’s eastside? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in September ranged from 13% to 17%, with an average 14% absorption rate.*  Most home sellers on Seattle’s eastside had a 14/100 change of selling their home last month.  The absorption rates were […]
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Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in August, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in August, 2010 ranged from a low of 6% to a high of 21%, with an average 14% absorption rate.  This month, West Bellevue is in the single digits,  at 6%. The real estate activity in the summer months has turned out to be very different […]
Bellevue Real Estate Seattle-Eastside Real Estate is Mostly Green, A Buyers' Market King & Snohomish County Real Estate Activity 8-31-10 The Seattle-eastside has flipped back almost completely to a buyers’ market.   Two areas, Redmond and East Bellevue near Microsoft and Kirkland, were more balanced real estate markets, with the market time to sell a home falling between 3 to 6 months.   If you check out what the […]
Bellevue Real Estate There Were No Sellers Markets in the Seattle Area in July, 2010 There were no sellers’ market in July. “Red” indicates a sellers’ market with homes selling in less than 3 months.  If you look at the map above, all  the Seattle markets are either a buyer’s market or a balanced market between buyers and sellers. There’s a mix on Seattle’s eastside. Some markets are buyers’ markets […]
Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Condo in July, 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.) July, 2010                    1552 condos for sale      […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did July, 2010 Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Sales Stack Up In Your Neighborhood? [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Seattle-eastside&sll=47.709762,-122.011414&sspn=0.310487,0.911865&ie=UTF8&split=1&radius=21.22&rq=1&ev=zo&hq=Seattle-eastside&hnear=&ll=47.709762,-122.011414&spn=0.310487,0.911865&t=h&output=embed&w=425&h=350] How did July, 2009 stack up to July, 2010 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 […]
Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in July, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in July, 2010 ranged from a low of 11.5% to a high of 17%, with an average 14% absorption rate.(The absorption rate is the number of homes for sale in a month divided by the actual number of homes sold that month.) July, 2010               3468  homes for sale     501 homes […]
For Buyers What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Condo in June, 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.) June, 2010                   1487 condos for sale     […]
Bellevue Real Estate There's No "Red" on The June, 2010 Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Map There’s no “red” on the Seattle-eastside real estate map, which means there were no seller’s markets in June, 2010.  The Seattle-eastside real estate market has turned “yellow” for a market balanced between buyers and sellers,  and “green.”  “Green” on the map indicates a buyer’s market.  It’s not surprising to me that certain areas stay as […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did June, 2010 Seattle-Eastside Real Estate Sales Stack Up in Your Neighborhood [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Seattle-eastside&sll=47.709762,-122.011414&sspn=0.310487,0.911865&ie=UTF8&split=1&radius=21.22&rq=1&ev=zo&hq=Seattle-eastside&hnear=&ll=47.709762,-122.011414&spn=0.310487,0.911865&t=h&output=embed&w=425&h=350] How did June, 2009 stack up to June, 2010 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 […]
Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in June, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in June, 2010 ranged from a low of 9% to a high of 23%, with an average 15% absorption rate.  For the past few months, the absorption rate for all the Seattle-eastside areas had been in the double digits.  This month, downtown Redmond and Carnation are […]
Bellevue Real Estate "Green" is Back on the Seattle-Eastside's Real Estate Map, May, 2010 During May “green” crept back into a number of Seattle areas.  One large area on the eastside, Woodinville, Bothell, Kenmore, Duvall, and north Kirkland was “green,” back as a buyer’s market. April  was the first month in a very long time in which there was no ” green,” no buyers’ markets in almost all the […]
Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Condo in May, 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.) May, 2010                   1425 condos for sale      […]