An Urbnlivn reader wrote in about their experience buying at Lumen in June: It was a bad first-time buying experience all around … with the discount brokerage, with the lender, with the listing agent, and with the REO owner. Ultimately the purchase was doomed by a high HOA dues delinquency rate due to which it [...]
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Reader Fails to Buy at Lumen
July 30th, 2010 · View Comments
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Lumen “Penthouse” Sells For Asking
February 16th, 2010 · View Comments
That crazy Lumen penthouse that you, our readers, pegged at $675k sold for it’s asking price of $949k last week. I never would have guessed that!
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Lumen Penthouse Finally Done
October 24th, 2009 · View Comments
After years of construction the Lumen penthouse is finally complete. Surely there’s a story behind this unit. Was it built for the developer who bailed on it when things went sideways? After a $500K build-out, the LUMEN penthouse is complete. It is unlike anything available in Seattle Metro. Two units have been combined creating a [...]
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Lumen Press Release on Auction
July 13th, 2009 · View Comments
Thought some folks would be interested to see some of the numbers in their press release. 80 registered buyers, 1,200 people toured, many cash buyers. – SEATTLE – Sixteen winning bidders earned great value this past Saturday when the remaining available condominium homes at the LUMEN development at Seattle Center in downtown Seattle were sold [...]
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Lumen Auction Results + Video – All Sold Except 1
July 11th, 2009 · View Comments
I’m about to pass out since I just biked 204 miles from Seattle to Portland but just had to post about the Lumen auction results before crashing… A reader and Chelsea (who accompanied a Redfin client) sent me the results for the Lumen Auction [pdf] which I combined into one spreadsheet: The reader, “potus” says: [...]
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Lumen Auction Results?
July 11th, 2009 · View Comments
How’d the Lumen auction go? Sadly I couldn’t make it because I’m biking from Seattle to Portland (you can follow along on my Twitter.
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Lumen Remodel – Before & After Photos
July 10th, 2009 · View Comments
On the eve of the Lumen auction I received some photos for a reader who lives at Lumen showing their before and after that are a great inspiration to anyone bidding tomorrow. A couple things about what we did that are of note: 1) We donated the original Lumen kitchen to charity and recieved a [...]
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Photos of Lumen Units Up For Auction
July 8th, 2009 · View Comments
Three years ago I toured the Lumen sales center and I liked the project. It was modern, clean looking, minimalist kitchens and was unlike anything else in Seattle. I don’t know why it has taken me so long to see it in person, but now that I have, I see why it is going to [...]
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Lumen Auction – Agent or No Agent?
June 28th, 2009 · View Comments
Just curious if folks planning to buy at the Lumen auction are going to be using an agent or not? If so, are there any agents that specialize in auctions?
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Lumen Auction Informational On July 1st
June 17th, 2009 · View Comments
I’ll be celebrating Canada day but if you’re not Canadian and looking to buy at Lumen you may be interested in their how-to-buy seminar including mock auction. What: LUMEN “How to Buy” pre-auction seminar and registration When: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 7 P.M. Where: LUMEN Lounge, 501 Roy Street, Seattle, WA 98109 I must [...]
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