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Wow, I hadn’t gotten around to posting this yet and its already STI. Unit 604, 1,720 square feet was listed at $1,100,000.

I wish I had an indoor grill…

Popularity: 20% [?]

Popularity: 20% [?]

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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: 42% [?]

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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.
Popularity: 29% [?]

Popularity: 29% [?]

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Remember Moda in Belltown and how it sold out the first weekend it went on sale in September 2006? It even had a long wait list because so many folks either couldn’t afford a regular sized condo or wanted their own pied-a-terre?
Well, no longer!
There are now five Moda units on the MLS. Ranging […]

Popularity: 17% [?]

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Sorry for the slow down in posts. Work has been busy. Though I was in San Francisco for four days last week and on the weekend visited X21 Modern which proved to be the coolest store ever. For my birthday I’d love a spotlight to go in the corner of my place:

So back to lofts […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

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I’m down in San Francisco enjoy some beautiful weather but a few listings finally caught my eye…
The Crawford
I’ve always had a soft spot for The Crawford and a new listing is now available. #401 is $589,000 for 1,150 1 bed place. Here’s the kitchen:

The DeLorges
After their opening party The Delorges, at 325 Harvard, has put […]

Popularity: 29% [?]

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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: 42% [?]

Popularity: 42% [?]

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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: 49% [?]

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Two weekends ago my friend dragged me along to go see The Klee a hybrid conversion / new construction project from early 2000 in Belltown on Western Ave.

The unit he was interested in, 2717 Western Ave #112, did not disappoint. 1000 square feet, concrete floors, high ceilings, open layout; my kind of space.

However, the unit […]

Popularity: 20% [?]

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On Saturday I swung by The Parc with Ming and Chelsea.

Of 185 units they have 138 sold. Some of which are being flipped.
Funny enough the sales center is moving from their third floor 2 bedroom unit to a live/work loft at street that they are going to rent from someone who was trying to […]

Popularity: 24% [?]

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