Seattle Real Estate

As some of you may know, real estate in Belltown is booming! But do you know by how much? With all the new buildings going up in the neighborhood one can just assume how many people are attracted to the hip and trendy area. There are currently 93 pending listings, 45 of them being in the Insigni...

Broadmoor has long been an exclusive Seattle gated community with large homes and quiet streets.  A few minutes from the shops and restaurants of Madison Park as well as easy access to Downtown Seattle and other Seattle and Eastside neighborhoods.  Buying a home in Broadmoor is rarely accomplishe...

2015 may have been an interesting year for many reasons, but in the world of Washington real estate, it sure felt like the good old days.Not since the way-back-when of 2007 had so many homes and condominiums sold in the Evergreen State. According to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, 2015 sa...

*Synced from the Seattle and Real Estate blogAccording to a new report by The Seattle Times’ “FYI Guy” Gene Balk, construction trends continue to point to a ‘bigger is better’ mentality in much of the Seattle area. Balk’s data shows that between 2012 and 2014, 1,500 houses were demolished and rep...

*Synced from the Seattle and Real Estate blogIt’s no secret that Seattle’s housing market is one of the strongest in the nation, but what is a little surprising is the growth in the luxury homes sector. According to a recent story by the Puget Sound Business Journal, 537 homes sold for more than ...

*Synced from the Seattle and Real Estate blogAs we head into the holidays, real estate experts in the area predict that the Puget Sound market will not see the typical slowdowns associated with the season. Listings often drop off during this time of year, as potential sellers are more focused on ...

*Synced from the Seattle and Real Estate blogCondominium property values were some of the hardest hit after the housing crash, with the typical condo in the U.S. losing a third of its value. But according to a recent Zillow survey, condos are finally making a long-awaited comeback and are appreci...

*Synced from the Seattle and Real Estate blogThe S&P/Case-Shiller Index numbers for August were released yesterday, and after a July where we saw average home prices decrease by 0.1 percent in the Seattle Metro Area (King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties), prices bounced back and increased by 0.7 ...

*Synced from the Seattle and Real Estate blogA home appraisal is a step of the mortgage process when an unbiased state-licensed professional determines a home’s value based on size, condition, function, and the quality of the home. To do this, the appraiser must first inspect the property. Then, ...

*Synced from the Seattle and Real Estate blogAfter the median selling price for a single-family home in King County dropped to $485,000 in July, prices bounced back to just a hair under $500,000 in August, representing a 14.4 percent annual gain, and the biggest yearly gain of any month in 2015. ...