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Market Info Seattle RE Market Review Q4 2016 My market recap by neighborhood for my Seattle friends or interested in Seattle friends. Lots of fun stats 🙂 Plus a look forward by Windermere’s economist, Matthew Gardner. RBJ  
Market Info WWA Real Estate Market Update Q4 2016 Matthew Gardner, Windermere’s Chief Economist, has just published his 4th Quarter analysis of the Western Washington real estate market, see below.
Market Info Just Released: Gardner Report Q2, 2016 Matthew Gardner, Windermere's Chief Economist, has just published his 2nd Quarter analysis of the Western Washington real estate market, see below.
Home Ideas Best DIY bang for your buck. Getting ready to sell or want to update for family this summer? Not all DIY projects will net you as much profit in the end.  
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Market Info March #’s are in, +26% price appreciation – NE Seattle! This graph shows the Median Price of all the Sold homes in Northeast Seattle. In the month of March 2016, the Median Price vs. March 2015 went up a whopping 26.3%. Same old reason we've had for over a year, low inventory = more demand = multiple offers = A new high of $739k! With interest rates […]
Market Info The numbers don’t lie – North Seattle growth! The last three months in North Seattle have seen impressive increases in the Median Price of Sold Homes. The graph shows +14% vs Last Year, same month, for December then again +21% in January and now +23% growth in Median Price in February of 2016 vs February of 2015! Most experts are saying that this […]
Market Info Seattle – East – Link Light Rail Extension With the opening of two new link light rail stations last weekend, there's an excitement in Seattle for the full light rail system to be up and running.  This video gives the details of the new station breaking ground on the Eastside this year. The two stations that just opened in Capitol Hill and the UW […]
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Market Info Where Are All These Seattle Newcomers Coming From? 1) Los Angeles, 2) Phoenix, 3) San Diego, 4) Portland, and 5) Chicago.  Californians moving to Seattle is an old stereotype but Phoenix and Chicago are a surprise, not to mention PDX?! http://seattle.curbed.com/archives/2016/02/settle-newcomers-coming-from-county.php
Market Info Seattle Neighborhood Spotlight: Phinney Ridge       Good News last week from Punxsutawney Phil, "There is no shadow to be cast! An early spring is my forecast!" Happy Groundhog Day! the Groundhog Club emcee proclaimed. please click photo for Bill Murray in Groundhog Day     I would like to invite you to join my wife, Lari, and me […]
Market Info Local Real Estate Market Update January 2016 – Seattle 2015 closed out the year with home prices hitting new highs, and inventory hitting new lows. The market is tough for buyers who are competing for a dwindling number of homes, but it’s also the greatest seller’s market in recent memory. What’s in store for 2016? Here is what Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner forecasts. The […]
Market Info Zillow’s hottest housing markets for 2016: Tech drives top 3 on new list    http://bit.ly/1Ot9cpw Denver tops the list, followed by Seattle and Dallas-Fort Worth. The next six markets include Richmond, Va.; Boise, Idaho; Ogden, Utah; Salt Lake City; Omaha, Neb.; Sacramento, Calif.; and Portland, Ore. Zillow also mined its forecast data to predict which will be the five hot Seattle area neighborhoods […]
Market Info Gardner’s 2016 Economic & Housing Forcast Matthew looks into his educated crystal ball for 2016. http://www.windermere.com/blogs/windermere/posts/2016-economic-housing-forecast
Market Info Ballard is growing up, but do we want it to? There is a line between preserving what makes a community great, and accommodating the people drawn to that community. Ballard is currently trying to find where that line is.   "That's one of the issues down in Ballard, not that they are adding buildings, but that parking has become such a premium there," KIRO Radio […]
Market Info Obstacle to Home Ownership: Perceived or Real? From Keeping Current Matters http://www.keepingcurrentmatters.com/2016/01/07/obstacles-to-homeownership-perceived-or-real/
Market Info Home ownership still part of the American Dream   The National Association of Realtors (NAR) just released the first edition of their Housing Opportunities and Market Experience Survey (H.O.M.E.). NAR explained that the report covers: “…core topics that will be tracked on a monthly basis such as views on housing as a good financial investment, whether homeownership is part of the American Dream…” The current survey confirmed […]
Market Info Local Market Update December 2015 From our Windermere Blog spot: Seattle Spaces and Places – The traditional seasonal slowdown is taking a break this year. Activity in November was brisk, and home prices continued to climb. Driving the surge in prices is the lowest inventory of homes in more than a decade. The result is a holiday gift for sellers […]
Market Info Reason’s to List your home now. In Seattle, there are still plenty of Buyers actively looking this winter, '15/'16, because they could not find something through summer/fall of 2015. Source: Keeping Current Matters, December 2015
Market Info Home Price Appreciation thru Dec 2015 From Keeping Current Matters – December 2015 Updates