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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 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 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      […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did May, 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 May, 2009 stack up to May, 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 […]
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Bellevue Real Estate What Were The Odds of Selling Your Seattle-Eastside Home in May, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in May, 2010 ranged from a low of 12% to a high of 20%, with an average 16.5% absorption rate.  Contrast this with April, 2010 odds with a low of 20% to a high of 35%, averaging a 27% absorption rate. May’s numbers look more like […]
Bellevue Real Estate Make More Money Selling Your Home, Part 6, Replace Your Carpet Mr and Mrs. Home Seller ask: “Why don’t we let the buyers pick out the new carpet?  We don’t know what color they may want.” This is one of the most common sentiments I’ve heard over the years from home sellers.  Sellers often think it’s best to leave the old carpet, offer a carpet allowance […]
For Buyers Do You Want to List Your Home or Get It Sold? “Can I start out pricing my home higher and then come down in price?” This is one of the most common questions I get asked by people planning to sell their home. Statistics from March Seattle-eastside home sales show a home will sell faster and for a better price if priced correctly to start.  Overpricing […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did April, 2010 Home Sales Stack Up in Your Seattle-Eastside 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 April, 2009 stack up to April, 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 […]
For Homeowners Make More Money Selling Your Home, Part 5, Moldings and Doors Make more money selling your home is my series on getting your home sold, not just getting it ready to sell, but getting it sold. These posts are a series of suggestions for things you can do to update your home before you sell it.  Updated homes sell faster and for more money than homes […]
2010 Home buyer Tax Credit The First Big Decline in Homes for Sale in King County Washington Twelve days ago I wrote a post that King County properties for sale was rapidly heading up to the 2009 high.  Just last week we were within 300+ homes/condos of the 2009 peak, which stands at 13,861.  There 13,515 homes/condos for sale in King County that week. This week we see the first big decline, […]
Bellevue Real Estate Seattle-Eastside New Condo Buildings Still Standing Half Empty Seattle-eastside new condo buildings are standing half empty. American Public Media took a look at the Seattle and Bellevue condo market in a piece aired on NPR last week. Below are some of the key points: Escala, here in front of us, it’s 230 units. And they’ve only sold two in the last year-and-a-half. The […]
For Buyers The Number of King County WA's Properties For Sale is Climbing The number of properties for sale in King County Washington is climbing. The total took a big jump over the last few weeks when 783 properties came up for sale.  Since January when the year started with 9726 King County properties for sale, the numbers have gone up by 28%.  Right now, the total is […]
For Buyers Photos Don't Tell Everything About a House, Go See It Professional photography and staging are, without question, necessary to sell a home in today’s marketplace. We have our stager and photographer ready for our sellers when they’re needed.  I wouldn’t list a home for sale without professional staging or photography. There are many other good real estate agents who believe the same thing as there […]
Bellevue Real Estate How Did March, 2010 Home Sales Stack Up in Your Seattle-Eastside 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 March, 2009 stack up to March, 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 March, 2010? The odds of selling a home on the Eastside in March, 2010 ranged from a low of 18% to a high of 34%, with an average 27% 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.) March, 2010             2923 homes for sale      778  […]
Bellevue Real Estate Seattle-Eastside Real Estate is Beginning to Turn Red Seattle-eastside real estate is starting to see “red.”  Red is a sellers’ market, which means the average market time to sell a Seattle eastside home in the areas marked in red is from 3-6 months. I sell a lot homes in the “hottest Seattle eastside area, which we call area 530, East Bellevue and the […]