ARDELL's Seattle Area Real Estate Blog
Seattle Real Estate including The Eastside cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and The Seattle Neighborhoods of Green Lake, and most points on the north side of Lake Washington.
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2008
I just received one of those flyers about a property so far away I learned something new. I'll bet, just like me, that maybe you haven't heard of the Skookumchuck River. Well the agent who just sent me this flyer has a property with 200' frontage on the Skookumchuck River. While I don't think I...
03/28/2008
$575,000 for this five bedroom two bath home just 1.5 blocks to Green Lake. Hardwood floors on the main level includes L/R with fireplace to the left of the porch, formal dining room behind the porch. Both rooms have huge windows making the home light and bright year round. The side entrace j...
03/28/2008
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Affordable Downtown Kirkland Condos are more often South of Central vs. East or West of Market, which is why I really like the location of Soho. It is one of the few condo complexes East of Market and that makes it easier for visitors to park on the street. It also is much easier for residents...
03/27/2008
How do you determine if a neighborhood is GREAT?! How about when 1/3 of the current owners are the original owners since the late eighties and 2/3rds of the owners have lived there for 10 years or more? English Hill in Redmond Washington is really several different neighborhoods. Here is a li...
03/23/2008
The two biggest concerns of the Real Estate Market in 2008 will be sellers who overprice and buyers who overpay. While these should always be concerns, here in the Seattle Real Estate Market we are on the edge of being at peak. Unlike the rest of the Country, we have held our own up until now a...
03/18/2008
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If you are a buyer and have had a pre-approval letter in your file saying "this approval is good for six months", don't rely on that statement. Many loan programs and criteria are changing daily. Often the person who issued that letter simply can no longer place the loan, and that can be totall...
03/13/2008
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It's Opening Day of the 2008 real estate season. More daylight hours. More time to see property in the evening "after work" and still be able to view the outside of the home before it gets dark. Lockboxes here in our area automatically switch to extended hours of from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. And a...
03/09/2008
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Sometimes a piece of information is just too good not to republish. Once in a Blue Moon someone makes a comment way down in the comments section that is just too important to leave down there, where someone might read it by chance and most will miss it. Today on Rain City Guide, "Dave from Sacra...
03/07/2008
There is often a lot of confusion regarding the terms "Transparency", "Authenticity" and "Credibility" when discussing blogs and blogging. That someone is not Transparent, Authentic or Credible when it comes to their blog, does not translate into someone being a liar and a cheat. Unfortunately I...
03/03/2008
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Seattle was doing very well relative to the rest of the Country until the mortgage industry impact in September of 2007. How much will the changes in the mortgage industry affect us here in Seattle? Tonights data is continuing to show dramtic reductions in the number of properties sold and is sta...
03/02/2008
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