4217 Fremont- Sealed Bid Auction
Remember 4217 Fremont Condos? The developer for this 6 unit condo had sold two homes and turned the remaining homes into rental units. Apparently, one of the owners is trying [...]
Queen Anne Condo Auction – by the numbers
As promised, here's a neat chart I whipped up showing the original listing prices and their ultimate auction winning price. As you can see, some people picked up 2BR units for [...]
Cosmopolitan View
What happens when a tall building is constructed 18 feet from your window? This is how it looks. Needlesss to say, it's really unfortunate for owners living on the west side of [...]
Brix Condos- Revisited
Six months ago I reviewed the Brix lofts (on 10th Avenue). This week, I had the chance to tour the completed condos on the Broadway side. The building does not have [...]
200 West Highland Update
(Photos provided by 200 West Highland and archived at Seattle Condo Review Gallery) 200 West Highland, in Queen Anne, will hold its Grand Opening event on Thursday, March 12 from 5.30pm-8.30pm. [...]
Seattle Condo Oscars
I've been meaning to this for some time but never seemed to get around to it. Since there aren't nearly as many new projects to review these days, I thought I'd [...]
98 Union- Market District
98 Union was one of the few buildings built in the 1980's in the Market District. This twelve story condo offers 76 units. 12 of them are two-level homes at the atrium, 3rd, [...]
Queen Anne High School: Inventory Close Out Auction Review
Queen Anne High School Condo is following the foot steps of Press Condominiums and Seventeen07 and will be auctioning their 12 remaining homes on Sunday, March 22nd at the Grand Hyatt Hotel [...]
Ruby Update
Fannie Mae's new guidelines requiring new construction to be at least 70% presold before they will fund loans has affected some projects in Seattle. One such case is Rollin in South Lake Union delaying [...]
Home Auction
Developers aren't the only ones using auctions for a speedy sale nowadays. Some individual owners are trying this non-traditional way to sell their homes. I came across one such auction yesterday (Canal Station #304) [...]