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Pike Lofts
First up is unit #512 at 303 Pike St which is a nicely upgraded unit at the Pike Lofts.

Priced at $349k for a 1 bed 796 square foot unit. If you like Pike Lofts and want a large outdoor patio check out unit #309 that just came on the market at $328k [...]

Popularity: 6% [?]

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I’m back from Maui!
While I was gone the New York Times had two articles you may find interesting. The first is And Do I Hear 2 Million for That Condo? No? 1 Million? Sold! and the second is Apartment Buyers Abandoning 6-Figure Deposits.
And the Marlborough officially went into foreclosure. Poor Live Historic.
And here’s a few [...]

Popularity: 17% [?]

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Hotel 1000/Madison Tower
There’s so many multi-million dollar condos to choose from these days. Here’s one more. Unit 2401 is just under $7 mil for 3,740 square feet.

Cristalla
Erica Clibborn, the listing agent, has been talking about unit #1408 for quite some time now. It’s now on the market for $640,000 which buys you a 887 [...]

Popularity: 15% [?]

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2200 Loft
Looking for a loft-y unit in South Lake Union? 900 Lenora St #W102 is apparently very different from it’s neighbors:

This is not your ordinary cookie cutter condo! More than $50,000 in custom upgrades. Modern unit has 15′ ceilings, loft style bedroom, excellent light and open feel. Custom features include: 36′ pro range, A/V wiring [...]

Popularity: 23% [?]

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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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Okay, I’m back from California. Here are the interesting units that have hit the market in the last week.
5th and Madison
Prices are going up and down at 5th and Madison.
Penthouse #2403 came on the market at $2,199,000 dipped to $1,995,000 on June 26 and is now back up to $2,149,000.
Whoever is flipping #302 [...]

Popularity: 43% [?]

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Wow, we go from a spring with no exciting units to a summer just jam packed with inventory. If you were sitting on the sidelines there is finally some good condos to choose from. Here’s a roundup of what’s caught my eye in the last week.
Cosmo – Huge price drops
Ashley has the scoop on three [...]

Popularity: 50% [?]

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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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2200 vs Cosmo Inventory Glut Match
36 versus 39. Winner: Cosmo.
Cristalla
There are 5 units available at Cristalla. The most recent to come on the market is a 436 square foot studio at $379,990. Only $872/sq ft. I guess I’ll stop bitching about Trace’s price per square foot. But it does have a $6,000 murphy bed. [...]

Popularity: 26% [?]

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It’s been a while since I’ve really done MLS Watch. The truth is that we’ve been having troubles at Redfin getting our ‘listing alert e-mails’ to run reliably which is what I use to compile this blog post. Anyhow, here’s a look at some of the activity over the past week that caught my eye:
Reductions [...]

Popularity: 27% [?]

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