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Wednesday, April 28, 2010  City of Kirkland News Release   Renovation Begins May 3 at Kirkland’s Juanita Beach Park Construction prompts summer beach closure   Kirkland, WA – Enhancements called for in the 2005 adopted Juanita Beach Park Master Plan will soon be realized with the renovation of t...

Summer evenings and YOUR favorite band.  Chateau ste. michelle has a ALL STAR line up coming this summer. JUNE 12 Crosby, Stills and Nash.  Saturday, 7 pm  SOLD OUT  19  Steven Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers -  Saturday, 7pm  $40.50, $75 JULY Steve Miller Band - Wednesday, 7pm    $49, $89 16 ...

Greg PerryKirkland Realtorwww.425Realty.com Another great week for residential real estate (not condos) for King County and Eastside King County Pending sales.  649 pending sales  is the 6th best week since January 2008 for King County.   King County's Eastside (NWMLS areas 500-600) came in with...

Kirkland, WA – Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) has notified the City of Kirkland that the Teamsters’ Local 174, whose membership includes garbage truck drivers for WMI and Allied Waste Services, initiated a strike today.  The length of the strike is unknown at this time.  The City contracts with WMI...

By Greg PerryKirkland Realtorwww.425Realty.com For the first time since the peak bubble year of 2007, King County weekly residential (not condos) Pendings exceeded 700! (7 day period 04/08 - 04/15)  The Eastside areas of King County were also quite active with 196 Pending sales, the 6th best wee...

Recently gave my father (approaching 80 years) a  new mechanical automatic winding watch, which he loves. Afterward, we  chatted about his old watches (I remembered a Benrus in particular that he wore when I was a child).He didn't have the one I remembered, but he pulled this old watch out of a C...

Recently gave my father (approaching 80 years) a  new mechanical automatic winding watch, which he loves. Afterward, we  chatted about his old watches (I remembered a Benrus in particular that he wore when I was a child).He didn't have the one I remembered, but he pulled this old watch out of a C...

Good words from a client.... Josh and Kelly recently moved into their new home.  They were kind enough to send along some good words about their experience..... "Our first impression is that you were very professional and organized which will we still find true.  We felt like a priority and real...

By Greg PerryKirkland Realtorwww.425Realty.com For residential single family homes, here is a side by side comparison of heat maps between  March 2009 and March 2010.  The Red areas indicate less than 3 months of inventory at the current rate of sale (seller's market), the yellow areas represent ...

Every self-respecting professional needs a "stats" card.  Well here's mine!   (Click to expand) Play Ball! Greg Perry, Kirkland Realtorwww.425Realty.com