Category: Real Estate News
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The Only Concrete and Steel Condo Building in Ballard
Out of all Ballard condo buildings Hjarta! is your choice for superior construction!!
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Is Seattle’s Real Estate Market Returning to Normal? It Sure Seems Like It.
In reality, it seems to be happening a year earlier than we thought (Matt predicted it would happen in 2019). While things are still early and we’re still closely watching the market, the leveling out appears to be happening now. We’re convinced that a lot of this is being driven by geopolitical issues. Property taxes…
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Life styles of the little and lovely!
We have listed a few little micro lifestyle homes and I love seeing how creative the owners are with their spaces. Well we just listed another. I wanted to talk about lifestyles of the little and lovely. Yes Seattle is getting VERY expensive. Since we are unable to stop prices from rising we must focus…
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Market Chat with Matt & Ian
A little market update with our commentary of course. A more what’s up on the local level. We had to only us Seattle hoods that have enough data to make accurate median home prices. So, Not all hoods will be represented but we did include hoods from the NW, N, NE, Central, S, SE and…
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A New Company Will Help With Your Down Payment… If You Start an Airbnb
Airbnb is a hot topic in Seattle right now, and it’s a growing trend to buy homes with an Airbnb option. In fact, it’s such a popular option that a startup called Loftium is offering to help you finance your Airbnb. What’s the catch? Loftium will help you buy a home with Airbnb potential by…
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Hate Amazon in Seattle? Here Are 4 Big Reasons Why You Shouldn’t
Early in September, Amazon announced that it’s searching for a city to build its second headquarters in. They’re looking at building a new HQ where they’ll be able to employ up to 50,000 people with high-paying jobs. Currently, Amazon has over 40,000 employees in Seattle. If you live in Seattle, then you probably know that…
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Behind the Numbers: The Bryant Edition
Watch out Seattle, Bryant is moving on up!!! Alyssa, my darling website copywriter, novelist, website guru and fabulous lady set up another neighborhood profile on my website after interviewing me for the content. So you may have guessed she and I were working on Bryant (check out the Bryan neighborhood page right here!). So, I’m…
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Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017! What Should You Expect in 2017’s Real Estate Market
What’s up with the housing market? How does next year look? I hate starting over each year… Not sure what my issue is with new years. It feels like everything you did last year is gone and you got to get up and do it again. Still, what does the new year hold…? Toward the…
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What Was Seattle’s Real Estate Market REALLY Like in May 2016?
A quick glance of our “Seattle Proper” neighborhoods (which I define as North to Maple Leaf and South to Seward Park) shows the number of sold units has dropped as compared to April (although the month isn’t officially over yet). April saw 618 sold homes compared to May’s 454 sold homes. This could catch up…
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Ready to Invest in a Seattle Home? These Facts on Seattle Appreciation May Surprise You
Recently, I discovered a new tool that actually allows me to look at a certain neighborhood with the home’s appreciation rates broken down by era home, size home, bedroom counts, etc. Of course, you can do this on the MLS too, but the amount of time it would take to do it for each zip…