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Remember Queen Anne High School? They’re still around with 19 units on the MLS.
Today they chopped some prices.
#267 went down in price $74,000 to $509,950.
#171 went down in price $25,050 to $299,950.
And unlike Trio these aren’t “pump and dumps” where they start with a high price only to dramatically drop the price three [...]

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With our Seattle condo inventory growing every day you think there would be a steady stream of interesting Seattle condos and lofts to blog about, but there isn’t! Everyday I anxiously check my new listings email to find more and more boring condos.
The only semi interesting units to get listed recently are these two [...]

Popularity: 21% [?]

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After lots of new boring listings coming on the market every day we finally have some interesting ones!
Bellora
Unit #310 at Bellora is sporting the largest mirror I’ve seen in a downtown condo:

I don’t want to know how much that fugly thing cost.
Colonial Grand Pacific
I guess with a name like Colonial Grand Pacific you’d sort [...]

Popularity: 37% [?]

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Are both these lofts in the same building?
Our Home Hotel
75 S Main St #301. 1 bed, 2 bath, 1,133 square feet. Only $639,000.
(Is it really called the Our Home Hotel?)

I love the private deck.

1st and Main
There’s a 3,000 square foot live/work loft on Craigslist now. It’s at 1st and Main. Only $5000/month.
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

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While there a normally a few price reductions every day in my condo search area I’ve noticed one or two price increases and decided to go back through the last two weeks of Redfin updates I’ve received and found this has in fact been a trend:
1610 Belmont Ave #511. Started at $499,950 on Jan 2, [...]

Popularity: 6% [?]

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80 S Jackson #204 looks like a sweet 2000 square foot loft in Pioneer Square. However, it needs a new kitchen and updated bathroom. At $679,000 it’s a low $347/square foot.

Neighboring unit, #204 is still available (though pricey at $580/square foot.)

Popularity: 9% [?]

Popularity: 9% [?]

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In Fremont they’ll do anything to sell a townhouse (via Red Forums, Creepy or Clever):

Bonus Link: Big hotel planned on site of Greyhound bus station. Sucks to live on the west side of Capitol Hill and lose your view to a 51 story, 1200 unit building. But don’t worry, you have six years to sell. [...]

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I used to just watch new listings and price reductions on new construction, Capitol Hill condos and Seattle lofts but there hasn’t been anything good for weeks even with our so called inflated inventory levels. I’ve since expanded to the whole city and still nothing interesting. However, this loft did pop up today – 80 [...]

Popularity: 5% [?]

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19th Ave Lofts
#203 is available for $390,000. But I think the kitchen needs updating (if I were to update it I’d push it back under the sleeping loft to open up more of the living room):

#311 also just came on the market for $475,000 for 983 square feet and two parking spots. Compare and contrast [...]

Popularity: 36% [?]

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Friday afternoon before the Christmas holiday weekend seems like a bad time to issue a press release but I am not in PR so what do I know. From their press release:

Amazon.com’s new headquarters will include up to 11 new buildings on six blocks in the heart of South Lake Union, located along Terry and [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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