Charles Mudude at The Stranger writes the article I wanted to write if I knew how to write (I know it’s not an excuse but I have a degree in mathematics), Where’s the Party? I Went to the Condo Expo and All I Got Was a Pamphlet and a Bottled Water: Why was the event [...]
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The Stranger mocks the Condo Expo
May 24th, 2007 · View Comments
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Seattle Condo Expo re-cap
May 20th, 2007 · View Comments
Given how rainy it was today I didn’t feel guilty spending a few hours at the Seattle Condo Expo. Overall the Expo was a bust but the talks were good. To get a sense of who was all there I uploaded the map of the showroom floor. As you can see there were a lot [...]
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Condo Expo: Dean Jones on market trends
May 20th, 2007 · View Comments
Here are my notes from Dean Jones of Realogics talk on market trends. He started with a slide featuring four buildings – Escala, 1 Hotel, 1521 and Four Season: Average price: $1.6 million/unit 50% pre-sold Completion: Winter 08/09 These are grand estates in the sky and show that there has been pent up demand at [...]
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Condo Expo: Blaine Weber on high density housing trends
May 20th, 2007 · View Comments
Here are my notes from Blaine Weber’s, of Weber + Thompson, talk on high density housing trends. There are three ideas that are big picture trend drivers in high density housing. 1. Sensibility Good design has demonstrable value Buyers will pay premium Market is responsive to innovation, authenticity, elegantly simple design Modern design is back [...]
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Condo Expo: Matthew Gardner on Seattle area economics and forecast
May 20th, 2007 · View Comments
Here are my notes from Matthew Gardner’s of Gardner-Johnson talk on Seattle area economics and real estate market forecast. He started with a brief photo history of condos in Seattle. Things got started in 1982. In 1990 One Pacific Tower was built. Average unit size was 1,200 square feet. There were 4000 units in the [...]
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Condo Expo: Sales #’s updates
May 20th, 2007 · View Comments
I went to the Expo today. Here’s an update on sales numbers. 1 – 143 reservations for 208 units 1521 – 131 of 141 units sold Brix – 68 of 141 units sold Domaine – 10 of 92 units sold. I heard a rumor they took all the units off the market but they haven’t. [...]
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