Eastside weekly wrap-up: hello sellers – we’re glad you’re here!

Urban Living 5/22 7:23A Land Cook

Finally! We predicted a big week for new listings and were reward with the biggest week of the year! 225 sellers put their homes on the market this past week, our first week of 200+ new listings this year. For those keeping track at home, last...

Seattle weekly wrap-up: record week for new listings!

Urban Living 5/21 5:18P Matt Goyer

346 new listings last week, a new record for 2023! This is up 30% week-over-week, finally giving buyers some more options. Though looking back at previous years, we should have seen like 450 new listings. So sellers are continuing to hold off and...

An Urban Living listing: A magical Queen Anne Victorian

Urban Living 5/18 8:46A Matt Goyer

Here s the magical Queen Anne Victorian with the Sound view that you ve been waiting for! At 810 W Highland Drive take the stairs to your level, quiet yard with a rocking chair front porch. Enter to the main floor which has a living room,...

Eastside weekly wrap-up: heat wave as buyer competition heats up…but no sellers!

Urban Living 5/15 8:56P Land Cook

Better late than never I kept telling myself I d write this during Game 7 drama for both the Celtics and the Kraken but that was clearly wishful thinking. Thank you for a great season Kraken! We ll get the cup next year! In real estate news, it...

Seattle weekly wrap-up: beat the heat with a floating home

Urban Living 5/15 1:49P Matt Goyer

Sigh, another slow week for new listings when it should be much busier than it is! Last week we saw 265 new listings in Seattle, down 10% week-over-week. The WSJ did a deep dive on this recently, The Home Buyer’s Quandary: Nobody’s Selling (sub....

An Urban Living listing: like-new floating home!

Urban Living 5/9 2:13P Matt Goyer

Just in time for summer and the 4th of July! Matt and his family are selling their floating home in Eastlake s Mallard Cove (but we re staying on the dock, so if you buy this home, we ll be neighbors!). Every day feels like a vacation in this...

Eastside weekly wrap-up: home prices surging around the Eastside

Urban Living 5/9 9:53A Land Cook

We re into the second week of May which means the monthly numbers for the Eastside market are out for the month of April. The big news is that the Eastside single-family home prices and condo prices are surging compared to the start of the year...

Seattle weekly wrap-up: prices up 8% year-to-date!

Urban Living 5/8 6:30P Matt Goyer

The big news last week is that the numbers for April are out! The Seattle Times headline is that the Seattle-area housing market kicks off spring season with a whimper, which is true, activity and prices are both down compared to last year. But...

Graystone cuts prices up to 32%

Urban Living 5/4 8:16A Matt Goyer

Graystone, the 271-unit 31-story condo building going up at 800 Columbia St is improving prices ahead of its completion this summer. In some of the examples below, pricing has been improved by 32%, wow! Here are some examples of the new pricing:...

Eastside weekly wrap-up: buyers come back in a big way (45% WoW!)

Urban Living 5/1 5:44P Land Cook

We re all super excited about the 70+ degree weather we had this weekend but sellers should be more excited to see pending sales increase 45% week-over-week with 167 homes getting under contract this past week. The big jump followed a big jump in...

Seattle weekly wrap-up: busy season, here we come

Urban Living 5/1 1:11P Matt Goyer

Is it May already!? Whether we re ready for May or not, it means we re entering what are typically the two busiest months of the year for Seattle real estate more new listings hit the market and more homes go pending in May and June than any...

Mari Sales Center – A First Look

Urban Living 4/27 1:52P Matt Goyer

Mari Bellevue, the 138-unit, 20-story condo building going up at 10232 NE 10th St gave us a sneak peek at their sales center at 1105 Bellevue Way NE this week. Tucked into a strip mall a block away from Mari, the sales gallery doesn t have a full...

Seattle weekly wrap-up: new listings jump 30%!

Urban Living 4/23 6:48P Matt Goyer

Finally! With spring break now firmly behind us, new listings were up nearly 30% week-over-week in Seattle, breaking 300 for the first time this year giving buyers a lot more options. Speaking of buyers, they put just 201 homes in Seattle under...

Eastside weekly wrap-up: biggest week for new listings this year (35% increase!)

Urban Living 4/23 6:41P Land Cook

Sellers! Welcome back from spring break! This week was the biggest week of the year for new listings with 187 homes hitting the market, a 35% increase week-over-week. It s a welcome site as active inventory increased to 608 properties across the...

Renovated Gold Coast contemporary in Medina

Urban Living 4/23 7:17A Land Cook

Among all the stunning homes in Medina s Gold Coast, 1829 Evergreen Point Rd brings architectural design to the forefront in this contemporary home. Built in 1987 and renovated in 2007, no luxurious detail was overlooked. The 6,658 square foot...