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Gallery is hosting a model tour Saturday and Saturday June 28th & 29th. RSVP online. Looks like they have limited spots. Impressive that they show you live availability!
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Equinox and Gallery forwarded the PSBJ article on the Seattle condo pipeline drying up [pdf] to subscribers of their mailing list yesterday.
It’s always a great time to buyTM.
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I got an email the other day from a reader looking for live/work loft units.
There are a few on the market:

#116 at Gallery
#118 at Gallery
#101 at The Parc
2425 E Union St
1135 25th Ave

But what other buildings offer live/work units?

The Klee
Mosler Lofts
Trio

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Popularity: 46% [?]

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Alrighty, no more buying the paper on Super Bowl weekend. Here’s the re-cap of ads in this past weekend’s Sunday Seattle Times:
1 Hotel Residences: Grand opening coming soon. Now selling. Occupancy 2010. It’s a lifestyle many desire but only a fortunate few will call their own.
1521: Occupancy 2008. Final purchase opportunity happening now. Call […]

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There’s all this talk of increasing inventory but there have been far fewer interesting listings in the past few months making MLS watch even harder. Here’s what I’ve seen of interest as of late. If you have anything to add let me know.
2200 vs. Cosmo
36 vs. 60
19th Ave Lofts
1812 19th Ave #110. $415,000 for […]

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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. They have switched […]

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2200 vs Cosmo
2200 - 36 vs Cosmo - 54.
Arcadian Court
#205, my friend Katrina’s unit that she listed on Redfin, went STI in a two days.
Fini
I hear there was a line up 25 people deep for Fini’s opening day. I also hear they started raising prices throughout the day in reaction to the demand. […]

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This weekend the Seattle Times had an article on condo flipping, Tactics in place to deter buyers from flipping and it more or less paints a rosy picture of the situation here in Seattle. The Cosmo Blog has a follow-up blog post titled condo arbitrage.

This article and topic really deserve a length post but I’ve […]

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It’s been a while since I posted about the ads in the Sunday Seattle Times. Here’s a quick look at who’s advertising. You’ll notice only one Williams Marketing project on the list. Oddly last week the ran ads for Olive 8, Fini, Leona, 5th and Madison, Mosler, Meritage and Eastlake Lofts but this week they […]

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Seattle Times, Sculpture park as selling point:

Would a short walk to Seattle’s new Olympic Sculpture Park help persuade you to give up your home in the ‘burbs?
Sellers of condominium projects near the park in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood hope the answer is “yes.”

Ugh, I’m all for people moving in from the ‘burbs, but really, this park […]

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