Category Archive: Bellevue

Feb 04

Seattle area’s ‘hottest’ 2015 home market… Bellevue!

Woodridge becomes one of the hottest home areas for 2015 Seattle, WA Neighborhood Median Sale Price Median Days on Market #1 Woodridge (Bellevue, WA) $ 615,000 8 The current housing trend is toward neighborhoods of compromise and is a shift from the past two years when the hottest neighborhoods tended to be more urban, more …

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Jan 13

Did It Make Sense to Wait?

Over the course of last year, many people debated purchasing a home, but ultimately did not. Let’s look at whether the decision to wait to buy made sense financially. What happened in 2014? The 30 year fixed rate on January 2, 2014 was 4.53% as reported by Freddie Mac. Looking at the chart below, the monthly mortgage …

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Apr 30

Home prices inch up, but few signs of bubble trouble

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The Seattle area posted the nation’s third-highest monthly home-price rise in a housing report released Tuesday, but the gain was slight and signs of a housing bubble are few. Of the 20 metro areas tracked by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, Seattle was one of only six areas to see home prices rise from January to …

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Apr 04

Puget Sound March home sales

While the median price of single-family homes in King County rose 6% in March, ‘For Sale’ signs continue to remain scarce with the situation not expected to improve anytime soon according to today’s Seattle Times. The annual rate of price growth has been slowing: In January the median price in King County was 17% higher over the previous 12 …

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Nov 15

King County Home Prices up 15% from 2012

The median price of single-family homes sold in King County last month rose to $426,000, a 15 percent increase from October 2012. October inventory higher than last year While the frenzy of home buying in early summer sent the median price to $434,000 in July, the highest level in five years, October’s activity showed a …

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Jul 20

Chinese investors flock to Bellevue

Bellevue, a global city Bellevue’s growing role as a global city is evidenced by the speed at which foreign – in particular Chinese – investors are flocking to the Eastside, purchasing real estate, developing commercial plots and expanding their companies. Though Bellevue has been cultivating relations with Asia for some time, the rate of investment …

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Apr 28

Housing market data for March 2013 - Puget Sound

Curious about what the media has tagged as housing’s Low Inventory? Well, check the data below and compare the number of listings for March 2013 against those for March 2012, a year ago. West Seattle is down over 35%, Beacon Hill down 57%, Issaquah down 39%, Kirkland down 31%, Bellevue South down 47%. These are big …

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Jun 27

Gooood News! Pending and closed home sales in the Seattle area are ‘up’!

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Seattle home prices up 2% in April Home prices in the Seattle metropolitan area, including King, Snohomish and Pierce counties, rose 2 percent in April, their biggest monthly gain since before the housing crisis began. The region’s 2 percent rise follows a 1.7 percent jump in March after seven straight months of declines providing further signs …

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Apr 11

Low inventory of homes for sale causes multiple offers in Seattle-Bellevue area

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10 major housing markets with the shortest supply of homes The low inventory of homes for sale is causing multiple offer situations in Seattle and Bellevue - especially the ‘close-in’ neighborhoods. In the ten major housing markets in the country with the shortest supply of homes, demand is high and buyers are pouncing on listings as …

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Mar 30

Lake Hills Samena Club in East Bellevue Offers ‘Eggstra’ special Easter Events!

Check out all the wonderful Spring events the Lake Hills Samena Club has planned for your ‘Eggstra’ special holiday! Click on event pictures and get Spring and Easter event details online. “Hop” to it… Get signed up for an Eggstra special day Join us for Samena’s Spring Family Festival! You will be hopping up and down with the …

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