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Another update on the Diamond Drama! Joel Diamond, CEO of Diamond Parking, not only bought the six-million dollar penthouse at Escala. He’s also attempting to sell a four-bedroom house with weirdly-fluorescent-green pool for 7.88 million dollars. That house is unfortunately not having an open house this weekend, but 98 other fine abodes in Seattle are: [...]

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UPDATE: We wondered in last week’s post who bought the six-million-dollar penthouse at Escala, and intrepid Urbnlivn commenter Snoopy came through for us with this gem of wisom: “Escala penthouse was bought by Joel Diamond, CEO of Diamond Parking. Don’t park in his space or he’ll have your car impounded!” Thanks, Snoopy! We now return [...]

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There were 30 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle this week. Here are a few of them: The 30th-floor penthouse at Escala sold this week for 5.95 million dollars. That’s a relative steal compared to the list price of 6.8 million. It boasts three bedrooms in 5,170 square feet. Anyone know what it’s like on [...]

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There were 29 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle last week according to Redfin. Here are a few of them: One of these cute townhouses on Alki sold last week for $479,136. It was listed in January at $544,950. The unit is 1,864 square feet, which works out to a very reasonable $257 per square [...]

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There were 17 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle last weekend according to Redfin. Here are a few of them: The lowest price per square foot last week was for new construction. This three-bedroom townhouse in Westwood village (on the very southwest corner of the city limits) just sold for $182 per square foot. It’s [...]

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There were 15 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle last week according to Redfin. Here are a few highlights: Two sales at Escala last week. A 17th-floor one-bedroom for $524K and a 27th-floor three-bedroom for $1,874,000. The latter comes out to a whopping $767 per square foot. This Capitol Hill one-bedroom unit sold for a [...]

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There were 36 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle last week according to Redfin. Here are a few standouts: This two-bedroom townhouse in the “808 in Fremont” development sold last week for $535,000 after only a month on the NWMLS. It was listed at $549,000. It includes 1,745 square feet. According to their website, all [...]

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There were 29 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle last week. Let’s dive in, shall we? This one-bedroom unit at Madison Lofts finally sold after being on the market for over a year and a half. The sale price was $399,950 for 1,036 square feet. Their website says they are still sitting on two more [...]

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There were 36 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle last week according to Redfin. Here are a few of them: This three-bedroom townhouse in West Seattle was one of the lowest prices per square foot at a very respectable $218. It sold for even less 9 months ago – $215. Looks like it was built [...]

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There were 50 condo and townhouse sales in Seattle this week according to Redfin. Here are a few of them: This three-bedroom townhouse in Ballard sold last week for $370,000. I like the way they did the fencing so that the plants are protected but still visible from the street. The lowest sale price last [...]

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