Two of Seattle's Popular NW Communities-Ballard and North Beach

The available homes for sale in Seattle's Ballard and North Beach neighborhood's is approaching April 2011 lows, while the median sales with a very good run up from February 2011 through the first week of October, since the second week of October the home sales have been trending downward, this could be just a seasonal slowdown with sales expecting to pick up in the first of 2012.

Ballard is one Seattle’s oldest neighborhoods and was settled by Danish and Finish immigrants in the mid-1800s. Today, its trendy cafes, neighborhood pubs, boutiques and unique shops have made Ballard a favorite destination for locals and out of area residents.

Just north of NW 85th, which locals consider the northern end of Ballad, begins the North Beach Community. A large percentage of homes were built in the 1940, with the development of western half of the North Beach neighborhood experience the gentrification and larger homes that take advantage of the sloped hill side to afford most of the western part of North Beach some amazing views of Puget Sound and beyond to the Olympic Mountains.