urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

Before taking off for the long weekend I missed this PSBJ article on condo incentives, Seattle condo developers try luring buyers with discounts, vacations and cars:

“There has definitely been a slowdown in condo sales at all projects in Seattle,” said Mason Curran, who declined to release Vulcan’s pre-sale figures.

Their pre-sale figures as of beginning of […]

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Ben and Ashley (I guess Vulcan doesn’t like me anymore. Sad, I like getting press releases from developer’s marketing companies) let us know that as of August 1st the South Lake Union projects (Enso, Rollin and Veer) will begin holding back inventory and raising prices. It’s basic econ 101. Decrease supply and prices will go […]

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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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Sorry for the slow posting, work is killing me.
2200 vs. Cosmo
36 vs. 65.
It’s also interesting to note that there are 4 new listings at 2200 listed by John L Scott’s Jon Hunter who is working for Vulcan on Enso/Rollin/Veer. The listings all look curiously the same. Are these Vulcan owned units that didn’t […]

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I got an e-mail reminder that today is my Rollin Street purchase and sale appointment. Again, it really snuck up on me! Has anyone else gone to their appointment? Did you purchase? How are sales going? If you didn’t use your appointment, why not?
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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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Vulcan sent out this update on Enso and Rollin today. Are people still excited about either developments? I didn’t think there was much interest in Veer and boy was I wrong. Will Enso or Rollin surprise me too? Are any of you planning on purchasing a unit? Later tonight I’ll post my favorite units in […]

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If you want to buy at Enso or Rollin and you missed the first lottery John L. Scott recently sent out information on the ’secondary sales process’:

Obtain a reservation agreement from the John L. Scott South Lake Union sales team.
Or click here to download your form.
Complete the reservation form and submit with a $2,000 refundable […]

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Just got a call and my Enso date which was supposed to be January 27th has been pushed back to March 9th. Apparently Rollin will also be pushed back. The reason is that there have been delays for the shoring permits for the projects.
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Popularity: 11% [?]

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I stopped by the new Discovery Center this morning. It re-opened Monday and is in ’soft launch’ mode. This means that they still have a few kinks to iron out (finish bathroom for the Rollin model, rotate the Rollin scale model, add a ladder to the Veer model, etc.) but lottery card holders and the […]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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