2009 Seattle Condo Review Readers’ Choice
Some people, like my BFF MD, weren't completely happy with my picks for the Seattle Condo Oscars so in the spirit of democracy and in response to MD's suggestion, I put [...]
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) [...]
Housing Rescue Plan
President Obama announced the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan today. Under the plan, many homeowners whose loan-to-value ratio was previously too high to refinance will now become eligible to refinance their [...]
Tax Credit for First-Time Home buyers
As part of the Economic stimulus bill, home buyers can now enjoy a tax credit worth $8,000 or 10% of the home's value, whichever is less. This is definitely an improvement from the current $7,500 tax "credit" [...]
Fannie Giveth…and Taketh Away?
Couple of important Fannie updates recently: On the one hand, they are putting the breaks on foreclosure sales and implementing new policies to work with owners in default to try and [...]