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2011
A September 2011 article written by Kirk Johnson published by the New York Times about a Bozeman Montana general contractor whose goal is to build a new home made entirely of materials made in America has influenced other builder around the country. The article is written about general contractor...
10/18/2011
Northeast Seattle's Best Breakfast Restaurant By the length of the lines this last weekend the word is out, Patty’s Eggnest Restaurant is serving up some great daily breakfast and lunch specials for the Maple Leaf, Pinehurst and Victory Heights neighborhoods of Northeast Seattle. Sunday we ha...
10/17/2011
Lake Forest Park vs. Northeast Seattle Comparing the upper-tier segments (Lake Forest Park vs. Northeast Seattle) housing market indicates that the upper-tier segment of the Lake Forest Park market reached a 3 year low in March of 2011 while Northeast Seattle’s luxury market reached its 3 year lo...
10/17/2011
The Northwest section of Seattle includes the communities of Blue Ridge, Carkeek Park, Broadview, The Highlands and a few communities in Shoreline Inns Arden and Richmond Beach (all within the 98177 zip code). HOWS THE MARKET The median single family home price as of October 15, 2011 the 98177 z...
10/16/2011
PRICE TRENDS The median single family home price as of October 14, 2011 East Queen Anne (zip code 98125) is $325,000. Using Median Price is often a very good proxy for indicating real-time market activity because sellers in a market will typically price their home according to other similar home...
10/15/2011
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Queen Anne Real Estate Price Trends The median single family home price as of October 14, 2011 East Queen Anne (zip code 98109) is $800,000. The median single family home price as of October 14, 2011 West Queen Anne (zip code 98119) is $711,000. Using Median Price is often a very good proxy for ...
10/14/2011
Zillow ranks Queen Anne 3rd Best Place to Trick-or-Treat in Seattle Actually Seattle ranks #1 in the nation as best place to trick-or-treat in followed by San Francisco, Portland and San Jose. The Queen Anne neighborhood ranks as the third best places to trick-or-treat in Seattle. How does Zillo...
10/13/2011
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Green Jobs on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill Success breeds success particularly when you are continually looking to raise the bar in green home building. Builder Martha Rose, president of Martha Rose Construction in Seattle Washington, builds spec homes that are approaching net-zero and is gaining a ...
10/13/2011
Buying Your First Shoreline Home - Co-Buying Options Part 2 Part1 There are so many things to consider if you want to buy your first Shoreline Washington home with somebody else. What if one party no longer wants to own the house, wants to sell and the other one isn’t ready yet? What if there i...
10/12/2011
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The New Green Appraisal Addendum Last month the Appraisal Institute published their green addendum which can be attached to any appraisal. The addendum won’t guarantee that the homeowner or builder will get their increased property value for the green features added but what is guaranteed is th...
10/11/2011
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