Washington State Foreclosure Stats
Stumbled upon this neat map on CNN. Here's a link to the original article. As you can see, Washington state looks like it's fairing much better than the rest [...]
April 2009 Seattle Condo Market Stats: Pending Sales Up 50%
Remember when we reviewed the Feb numbers in early March and there was pretty much zero good news. I have to admit, even the optimistic side of me was pretty [...]
Gallery Gets Creative with Condo Purchase Incentives
Here's the low down on Gallery's latest buyer incentives: You pick one item from Column A: (1) 3-2-1 Rate buy down (rates starting as low as 1.875%) (2) [...]
Azul & Live Fremont Condos
I've been reviewing quite a number of condo projects in downtown and Capitol Hill lately so I thought this time I would venture a little further from the downtown core and look at some conversion [...]
Rollin Update
Vulcan has announced that Rollin will be officially converted into an apartment building. With only 25% presale, they were unable to meet Fannie Mae's new requirement of 70% pre-sale. Matt has [...]
It’s only a bear market if you’re downsizing…
One of the mathematical realities is that when real estate prices have come down like they have here, you can often take advantage. Here are some of the key drivers and [...]
Seattle Condo News: Backing Out of a Purchase
A client of mine sent this news article today that I thought is worth mentioning. <Thanks Harold!> It doesn't come as a surprise given the bubble's bursting last year to hear about some [...]
744 Harvard Condo
Studio Meng Strazzara has designed another upscale condo project in the Harvard Belmont Landmark district. This time it's a boutique style 4-unit home on 744 Harvard Ave E. The architect's other prominent projects [...]
SCR Reader Feedback on state of the Seattle Condo Market
As of now, there were about 200 votes in the poll I posted about 10 days ago. Here are the biggest takeaways based on my read of the results: The bulls [...]
Escala Hard Hat Tour
I managed to take a hard hat tour of Escala yesterday. We started the tour from the restaurants and proceeded to the lobby. There will be two restaurants on both sides of the [...]