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Bunch of new listings caught my eye today.
First up are five townhomes on Capitol Hill at 215 24th Ave E (near 24th and Madison) designed by Pb. Pricing is:

Unit A, $419,950 Sold Pending, Unit B, $369,950 2 br 2 bth, Unit C, $369,950 2 br 2 bth, Unit D, $367,000 2 Br 2 Bth, Unit [...]

Popularity: 6% [?]

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I think I’m going to start a new weekly feature where I blog about the most popular condo on Redfin in the last week. Here goes…
The most popular condo listing this past week was unit #104 at Queen Anne High. It could be the most popular because of the attention from the recent Queen Anne [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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After the Queen Anne High Auction two non-developer owned units slash their prices. Will the prices cuts be enough to sell them?
Unit 104, a 911 square foot 1 bedroom unit, cut their price from $400,000 to $350,000 bringing them down to $384/Sq. Ft.
Unit 528, a 1,005 square foot 2 bedroom unit, cut their price from [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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Reader Ross leaves a comment about the Queen Anne High auction results. I’m re-posting it here since he took some great notes. Thanks Ross!

I attended the Queen Anne auction today. I didn’t win any properties, but overall it was an interesting experience. The 13 units were sold is about an hour. Most of the auctions [...]

Popularity: 16% [?]

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King5 finally gets wind that the Queen Anne High School condos are up for auction, Queen Anne HS condos to hit the auction block:

Queen Anne High School was turned into condominiums years ago. It’s a lofty address with stunning downtown views that are usually priced well out of the reach of average homebuyers, but not [...]

Popularity: 14% [?]

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A reader reports in the comments that Queen Anne High at 201 Galer is auctioning 14 12 units. This matches up with the January FatReport which indicates they have 14 units unsold.
Does anyone have the details on the auction?
You can find out more about the auction at the Kennedy Wilson splash site Queen Anne High [...]

Popularity: 15% [?]

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It’s been a crazy few days at work with our all hands company meeting last Friday. In the meantime a few interesting units have hit the market…
81 Vine
#206 is a curious unit. 18 foot ceilings, 3 levels, 808 square feet all for $415,000.

Bellora

Popularity: 19% [?]

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Remember Queen Anne High School? They’re still around with 19 units on the MLS.
Today they chopped some prices.
#267 went down in price $74,000 to $509,950.
#171 went down in price $25,050 to $299,950.
And unlike Trio these aren’t “pump and dumps” where they start with a high price only to dramatically drop the price three [...]

Popularity: 17% [?]

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Curious as to which downtown projects were advertising at the end of summer as the mortgage market implodes I picked up a Sunday Seattle Times. Here’s who is advertising and what their ads are saying:
1 Hotel – Sales debut September 2007
Carbon 56 – 50% sold. Summer Special: No Home Owner Dues for One Year!
Equinox – [...]

Popularity: 47% [?]

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If condos are really in demand why all the incentives? From this Sunday’s Seattle Times.
Carbon 56: $5,600 buyer bonus
Decatur: $4,000 buyer bonus
Press: No HOA dues for 2 years
Queen Anne High: $10,000 buyer bonus on all homes
Tobira: $4,000 buyer bonus
Popularity: 35% [?]

Popularity: 35% [?]

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