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By danaek

I have a confession. I'm a Zillow addict. I'm always curious about real estate trends in Seattle and its neighborhoods. Here are a few charts indicating real estate trends in Lake City over the past few months. Thanks to Redfin for the data!

Houses For Sale

Median List Price

Median Sale Price

By lynettehensley

Ok maybe it's the news. 

I keep wondering about the value of my home too.  There is one for sale right next door to me now that is up for sale at nearly $400,000 which just amazes me.   It seems high.

So is real estate up?  Is it down?  Is the news bad or is it getting better?   What does the national news have to do with Lake City?  We are definitely affected by the wider market. But we are also insulated by being in Seattle, one of the real estate holdouts during the first of the market drop.  I have charts, I have graphs, I have stats.  I'll be glad to share.

But for now, here's the list updating you on the sold properties in the area--These are the homes that sold since 9/1/09--last time I wrote in Lake City Live blog.

12002 40th Ave NE, 2B/1B -- Sold for $165,000 
12729 17th Ave NE, 2B/1B -- Sold for $227,000
1909 NE 145th St, 3B/3B -- Sold for $265,000 (Townhouse)
1211 NE 135th St, 2B/1.5B -- Sold for $272,500 (Townhouse)
1716 NE 125th St, 3B/1B -- Sold for...

By lynettehensley

Wow!  It's been a busy week for us, but I still want to be sure to update you on the sold properties in the area--These are the ones that sold since 8/25/09.

Here's the list!

3010-A NE 137th St  Seattle, WA 98125  sold for $270,000 (3B/3.5BA townhome)
13714 22nd Ave NE Seattle, WA 98125  sold for $326,700 (3B/1BA Rambler)
1243 NE 130th St Seattle, WA 98125 sold for $355,000 (3B/1.5BA Rambler)
2509 NE 130th St Seattle, WA 98125 sold for $359,000  (3B/1.75BA 1 Story w/Basement))
11529 12th Ave NE #B Seattle, WA 98125  sold for $385,000 (5B/3BA 2 story)

If you know anyone that wants to live near Haller Lake, let us know--we have a new listing there, a cute 3B/1B home with fabulous garden spaces. 

As always, if you'd like to see other types of information here, please let me know--I'm a part of this community, and want to make the most welcome contributions possible.

Glad to see you around town!
Lynette Hensley, Associate Broker, Realtor
L2@ComeBuyAHouse.com
Larry Baumgartner, Realtor, CNE

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By lynettehensley

Howdy!  We became aware of the Lake City Live Blog while walking home one day from the Value Village (one of the better places to buy clothes!)  and stopped in at The Beer Authority on Lake City Way.  Since then we've been getting updates on beer tastings, and although we haven't made it to one yet, we surely will soon!

So I thought this would be a great place to share what I can about our own neighborhood--there have been so many changes in the real estate world recently--this might help to keep you updated from time to time.

I thought I'd expand from last week's blog post a bit since "Lake City" in the MLS does not include some areas of this blog's "Lake City".  So I will also include Pinehurst, Olympic Hills, and Jackson Park as well as Lake City.  If you would like statistics for another area (I was wondering if I should include Victory Heights for instance), please let me know and I'll be glad to include it.

This week's installment of what's happening in the Lake City real estate market.... (more)

By lynettehensley

Real Estate Happenings

Hey Lake City!

Here's the first of a series of weekly updates on what's happening in the Lake City real estate market.

This last week three homes sold:

  • 8/17/09 - 12006 40th Ave NE - Sold price $320,000
  • 8/13/09 - 14326 26th Ave NE - Sold price $339,000
  • 8/17/09 - 3824 NE 120th St - Sold price $414,950

Currently there are up for sale:

  • 10 Residences ranging in price from $255K to $679K
  • 17 Condos ranging in price from $150K to $299K
  • 1 Vacant land
  • 6 Multi-family
  • 5 Commercial (includes the vacant land listing)
  • 2 Rentals

MLS statistics don't break out Lake City, but include us in area 710, bordered on the north by 145th, on the west by I-5, on the east by Lake Washington, and to the south, Union Bay and the Montlake Cut.  The area stats are:

 Listings
July 2009New Active July 09New Active July 08Total Active July 09Total Active July 08% Change 
Northeast Seattle   141160300399-24.81%

 

Closed Sales
Closed July 09Closed July 08% ChangeMedian Price July 09Median Price...