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Hillku on urban renewal

August 27th, 2007 · 10 Comments

Hillku a blog written by a friend of mine has featured a couple poems about condos. One references Vertigo and the other two references establishments being torn down to make way for the Pine and Belmont mega-condo. Now I hate to out the author but I do find it interesting he recently moved into some […]

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Funky Lofts Blog

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Today I spotted a car advertising Funky Lofts realty. Turns out they have a blog Funky Lofts. I like lofts and so I added them to the blog roll over on the right hand side of the site. If there’s any other good Seattle condo blogs I’m missing please let me know.
Bonus link: Seattle […]

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Energy use in buildings

June 13th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Philip Greenspun has an interesting post on energy usage in cities and buildings with tidbits like this one:

In the U.S., residential and commercial space accounts for 40 percent of our primary energy consumption; 38 percent of CO2 emissions are from operating buildings.

He also talks about his desire for smart buildings.
I really do hate going […]

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A 2200 Blog

March 5th, 2007 · 5 Comments

I stumbled on this blog sometime in the last three days, Fast Times at 2200 Westlake and it features such gems as Who lives at 2200 Westlake?

So, who lives here at 2200? I’ll give it to you simple. The rich older folks live in the Aria tower. The middle-aged DINKs live in Arte and […]

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More Seattle condo blogs

February 26th, 2007 · No Comments

We must be in a condo bubble here in Seattle because there are now at least six blogs focused on downtown condos alone!
UrbanAsh appears to be a Seattle downtown condo blog by a local agent named Ashley.
Nesting 101 appears to be a couple on ‘the elusive search for affordable housing in Seattle.’
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Cosmo Blog

February 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Read about a buyers experience closing on a unit at the Cosmo on the Cosmo Blog.
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The Stranger on Capitol Hill Condo Developments

December 11th, 2006 · 1 Comment

While out of town I must have missed The Stranger’s recent lengthy feature article on The Death of Pike/Pine:

Seattle Developers Have Used the “Hip” Factor to Sell Condos Up and Down the Pike/Pine Corridor. Now They’re About to Kill the Bars and Businesses That Make the Strip Vibrant.

It’s an extensive look at both the history […]

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Tags: Blogs · Pine and Belmont · The Stranger

So you’re not into new construction

December 6th, 2006 · 3 Comments

If you’re not into new construction but love reading blogs about real estate (instead of blogs about the real estate business which I must admit I absolutely hate reading but do anyway because it’s a bit like checking out a car crash) you should check out the Redfin Seattle Blog because we have just assembled […]

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Zillow map of price per square foot

June 1st, 2006 · No Comments

Zillow Blog, Cool data on what’s hot:

The resulting heat maps show the most expensive home values per square foot. Since the dawn of real estate, the saying has always been “location, location, location”, and these maps certainly show the correlation between neighborhoods and price. Click on the maps below to zoom in.

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Another Seattle Real Estate Blog: Seattle Bubble?

June 1st, 2006 · No Comments

Seattle Metro Real Estate:

This is a forum for posting actual facts about the Seattle area real estate market. It is designed to counterbalance the hysteria and hype found on seattlebubble.blogspot.com with actual facts - Unattributed allegations will be challenged, sources demanded, and anecdotal evidence will be critiqued as being inherently insufficient when used to attempt […]

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