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By Greg PerryKirkland Realtorhttp://www.425realty.com So what about formal education?  You know --what we do through high school, then college.Here's what some notable people have to say about education:"We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out...

By Greg PerryKirkland Realtorwww.425realty.comJanuary.....the month that everything starts new.  The month of resolution.  You know those things we want to fix about ourselves.  So what is a resolution?   I think a resolution is just a goal...but a weak goal.So how do we give our resolutions (goa...

Friday's Did You Know? - Josiah Merrit (or Uncle Si)By Brian PerryEastside Reatorwww.425realty.com Did you know that Mt. Si is named after a rugged man.    Mt. Si in the Snoqualmie valley is named after Josiah Merrit aka Uncle Si.  Want rugged?  Uncle Si built a cabin at the base of the peak in 1...

By Greg PerryEastside Realtorhttp://www.425realty.com/North Kirkland / Woodinville Real Estate Statistics -- December 2007Single Family Homes (not condos)Area 600 (No. Kirkland/Woodinville/Duvall) median prices were up 18.2%.  YOY listing inventory was up 65.0% and Pendings were down -46%.LISTING...

By Greg PerryEastside Realtorhttp://www.425realty.com/ Kirkland / Bridle Trails Real Estate Statistics December 2007Single Family homes ( not condos)Area 560 Kirkland/Bridle Trails median prices were up 5.7%. Listing inventory was up 37.8% and pending sales were down -27.7%LISTINGS: 332 (2007) vs...

By Greg PerryEastside Realtorhttp://www.425realty.com/Redmond/Carnation December 2007Single Family Homes (not condos)Area 550 Redmond/Carnation median prices were down -5.4%. YOY listing inventory was up 25.9% and Pending sales were down at -41.2%.LISTINGS: 248 (2007) vs. 197 (2006) +25.9% PENDIN...

By Greg PerryEastside Realtorhttp://www.425realty.com/Sammamish Real Estate Statistics December 2007Single Family homes (not condos)Area 540 (Sammamish) median prices were up 7.2%. YOY listing inventory was up 38.9% and Pending sales were down -41.7%.LISTINGS: 660(2007) vs. 475 (2006) +38.9%PENDI...

By Greg PerryEastside Realtorhttp://www.425realty.com/East Bellevue Real Estate Statistics  December 2007 Single Family homes (not condos) Area 530 (East Bellevue) median prices were up 12.3%.  YOY listing inventory was up 139.8% and Pending sales were down -17.1%.LISTINGS: 211 (2007) vs. 88(2006...

By Greg PerryEastside Realtorwww.425realty.comSingle Family Homes ( not condos)West Bellevue Real Estate Statistics -- December 2007Area 520 (West Bellevue) median prices were down -8.3%. YOY listing inventory was up 90.7% and pending sales were down -40.7%.LISTINGS: 164 (2007) vs. 86(2006) 90.7%...

By Greg PerryEastside Realtorwww.425realty.com Mercer Island Real Estate Market Statistics  (December 2007)For Single family Homes (not condos)  Area 510 (Mercer Island) median prices were down -11%.   YOY listing inventory was up 26.3% and Pending sales were down -33.7%.LISTINGS: 96 (2007) vs. 7...