urbnlivn, a seattle condo & real estate blog

I visited Trio a few weeks ago (the same weekend I visited Gallery.)

It was 75% sold and they want to move the rest of the units before the end of the year. To that end there is a 4% selling office commission instead of the usual 3%.
I don’t have much nice to say about [...]

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Trio must be looking to move some units as they recently reduced #107 $100,000 in price down to $399k!
Here’s a winner photo of the interior:

They also dropped the price on #319 $60k to $439k.
Shameless Redfin plugin: We were on the front page of the Seattle Times today, Home buying: How to find sweetest deals
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Popularity: 9% [?]

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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: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

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Here’s a timely question being asked of Elizabeth Rhodes in her Homes Forum blog, Developer’s discount price riles others:

A few months ago I helped my son buy a condo in a small, newly refurbished building. He got it for about $10,000 off the asking price, and the developer paid his closing costs. A month later, [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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1400 Taylor
1400 Taylor decided after a month at $399,000 that it was time to up the price to $415,000. Best of luck with that.
Mosler
Mosler is now up to 23 units on the MLS. My favorite, and most expensive, is unit #1200 at $2,495,000 (now that’s a pricey flip! anyone know the original price?) for a [...]

Popularity: 18% [?]

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Thanks to the three folks who wrote in this weekend. Here’s a collection of what they sent out plus a few extra links.

Mose calculates the average days on Redfin for Seattle condos is 92 days.
Our spy at Mosler snuck into the penthouse and took some photos. Here’s what they thought:

I’m not sure if it [...]

Popularity: 36% [?]

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We’ll probably see a wave of price drops and bigger buyers bonus as we approach the end of the year and everyone tries to close out their books on a high note (or maybe the sky is falling.)
Enso
I am surprised to see Vulcan/John L Scott drop the price of their representation Enso unit, 820 Blanchard [...]

Popularity: 17% [?]

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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 [...]

Popularity: 77% [?]

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This past weekend the New York Times reports, Buyers Scarce, Many Condos Are for Rent:

After six weeks of failing to lure more than a couple of dozen buyers, Mr. Franco and his partner, Jeff Blum, joined the builders of nearly 6,000 condominium units in the Washington metropolitan area who have decided in the last three [...]

Popularity: 22% [?]

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Wow, this is the longest MLS Watch yet. I guess the realtors are assuming everyone is back from vacation and it’s time to get the units moving.
Noma
19 units at Noma came online. They now have 22 listings on the MLS range in price from $222,950 to $539,950 which if my other information is correct [...]

Popularity: 32% [?]

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