This week’s most popular listing is 606 E Thomas St Unit N. $166,900 for 500 square feet but no parking. Looks funky to say the least!

Personally I’m rooting for 1119 1st Ave #204:

Let me know if you’ve spotted something better!

If we skip over that cool boat (I’m on a boat!) and #402 at Trace Lofts, but I think that’s cheating since I linked to it last week. Fourth on the list is the Kindle unit at Madison Lofts. Fifth is 1136 13th Ave #104. A studio co-op for $159,000.

In other news, a friend of mine had a two level co-op on Capitol Hill with great views, exposed brick, live/work allowed, etc that wasn’t moving. So they split it back into two units and they went pending right away.

The second most popular condo is Unit 3 at Albion Place Condos in Fremont.

2 beds, 822 square feet, only $249,950. Last sold in 1988 for $66,000.

In third place is unit 201 at 420 Melrose Ave on Capitol Hill. It has very nice views but the trade-off is likely some I-5 noise.

You’d never guess that Millennium Tower, just across the streets from Redfin HQ , would have condos atop of it. Another (there’s already a few units on the market from $1.2 million to $8 million) just came on the market today for $4.6 million. It last sold in spring of ‘07 for $3.9 million.

Unit 1501 is 4,500 square feet, 3 beds, 3.5 baths, 2 stories, and on and on.

121 S Jackson

Unit 6 is back on the market. It went off in September. Oddly the 121 South Jackson site indicates it as sold. I wonder what happened? Anyhow, it’s 1,776 square feet, 2 beds, for just under a million.

And if you think you can buy either of these places on a salary of $20k a year you better read this article first, $1.5M condo on $20K income? Prospective buyers lose $175K in Bellevue.

I then traded emails with Ted from Trace North about Trace Lofts being featured in a poster about protecting gay space when he mentioned that his sales were off to a good start. So I sent off a few emails this morning to see where everyone was at and it sounds like the last two weeks have been better than all of Q408:

5th and Madison: Sold one around New Years
Brix: 5 offers this month, optimistic that most will stick
Danielle: Interest in a few units up in Ballard
Fini: Down to 4 homes, sold last 2/2 home
Gallery: Closed 3 sales in the last 4 weeks
Trace North: 5 pending (1 going to close today or Monday), 1 in negotiation

(If you’re a site agent and have some news to report email me at mail@mattgoyer.com or post in the comments.)

It certainly mirrors the website traffic and other activity we’ve seen at Redfin. Every week we seem to set a new high in website traffic and tour requests.

If you’re still catching up like I am early in the year King 5 had a video on Home Front: Sizing up the local condo market and the Seattle PI had an article about financing available for developers, Financial freeze stalls developers.

In other condo news a Cupcake Royale is coming to 1111 E Pike and Arthaus Condos will have a physic at their open house from 1 to 4 p.m. this Sunday.

#202 is down to $800,000.

2200

Someone sent me a photo of a notice of default for a 2200 unit.

Belltown Lofts

Need a 790 square foot modern space with commercial kitchen? Check out 66 Bell St #4 for $300,000.

Avalon

Need a cozy small space in Lower Queen Anne? Check out 22 John St #38 for $189,000.

Bay Vista Tower

Yet another big unit is on the market in need of remodeling. Only $1,774,950 for nearly 2,600 square feet.

Eastlake Lofts

#205 is on the market for $495k it was originally purchased for $459k.

Eleven Eleven

Here’s a shot of 111 E Pike that I took from my window two days ago:

Millennium Tower

The Millennium Tower penthouse, which is still a 10,000 square foot shell, that sold for $4 mil in 2004, just had a $2 mil price reduction to $8 mil.

The 17th floor SE corner unit is also down in price to $1,595,000. Almost at it’s initial 2003 price of $1,500,000.

Rollin Street

Ben visited Rollin Street and has written up his impressions since Vulcan absurdly doesn’t allow photos:

To me, the layout as well as the sterility of the exposed concrete walls and ceilings were quite reminiscent of Mosler Lofts. The decks seemed a bit too narrow, probably wide enough for potted plants and a bistro set, but not much else. The “shotgun” units on the alley side don’t seem receive a lot of ambient daylight, mostly due to the depth of the units, something to keep in mind if you like bright and airy living spaces.

Trace Lofts

My neighborhood is selling #308.

Last chance before builder converts to rentals!

Elsewhere:

• PSBJ, Belltown apartments sell for $36.5M
• PSBJ, Westlake Center in Seattle to go up for sale

2307 43rd Ave E is one of two units at this boutique condo project. Sadly for $6 million dollars (yes, $2000/square foot for a non-downtown condo) you aren’t allowed to have pets.

Bay Vista Tower

That lender owned unit dropped $100,000 in price. Still has shitty photos.

Royal Crest

After 106 days on the market 2100 3rd Ave decided that $879,000 was a bad price and raised it to $1,008,000 to attract more million dollar plus buyers. Great views though.

Royal Manor

I think the trees mixed with downtown views of #502 at 1120 8th Ave. $450,000 for 2 beds and 1,060 square feet.

But that light fixture has gotta go.

2008 8th Ave N is a Pb Elemental townhome on Westlake.

It has nice views:

And I love the outdoor kitchen:

But the owner’s taste in floor coverings certainly needs to be questioned:

Last sale: October 27, 2006 for a million. Will they get $500,000 more two years later in a declining market?

Bonus link: People Who Live in Glass Houses. A 23 year old grad student in Manhattan complains that the floor to ceiling windows in her $1.5 mil condo are ruining her $20,000 couch. Solution? $12,000 motorized blinds.

#403/404 at the Banner Building at 80 Vine St hit the MLS today. At 3 beds, 2.75 baths, 3,362 square feet the place is huge.

Even though the listing agent stands to gross $73,500 there are sadly no pictures yet except this exterior shot:

19th Ave Lofts

If you can’t afford $2.45 mil but still want something lofty like, #304 at 19th Ave Lofts just came on the market. At list this listing has photos but is missing the square footage. Guess they don’t want us to see how over priced it might be? Or maybe they don’t want it to show up in people’s online searches.

Looks like you might want to replace the kitchen cabinets.