On Friday the Seattle PI covered the condo market in, They’re practically giving away condos, right? It depends on how much you plan to spend. “The situation in the high-end market is lots of cancellations and fall-throughs,” said Glenn Crellin, director of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at Washington State University. “This is [...]
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The Seattle PI on the Condo Market
March 21st, 2010 · View Comments
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The Toll On Seattle Construction
October 21st, 2008 · View Comments
The Seattle PI has an article today on The credit crunch takes its toll on construction: “We are seeing some projects get delayed,” said Scott Wyatt, managing partner of Seattle architecture firm NBBJ. “There’s a strong perception that what’s happening will sort itself out — though there are many guesses as to how long that [...]
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Seattle PI on Cosmo struggle
December 4th, 2007 · View Comments
Aubrey at the Seattle PI has an article on the well discussed tower spacing issue at Cosmo, Condo owners struggle for views as Seattle rises. The article mentions two folks who have actually left the building because of this. One sold, the other is renting their place out. The article also has a sound bite [...]
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Is Seattle too easy on condo developers?
November 30th, 2007 · View Comments
The PI had a front page article today on, Is Seattle too easy on developers?
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Condo marketers define our neighborhoods
November 15th, 2007 · View Comments
It must be a slow news week if this is front page news for the PI, Naming sections of Seattle … again? Ian Cohen’s advertising agency recently moved to Fifth Avenue — the heart of what condo marketers and breathless real estate blogs call “Midtown” Seattle. Micro-neighborhood names have proliferated as residents colonize new parts [...]
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Will condo wave swamp market?
October 22nd, 2007 · View Comments
This past Sunday the Seattle PI had an article on the condo market, Will condo wave swamp the market? Interesting quote: Half of the approximately 1,600 condos Gardner expected to hit the market in 2010 still are looking for financing. Scaling back projects actually would lower the risk of overbuilding and help prevent Seattle from [...]
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Seattle PI on seller incentives
October 16th, 2007 · View Comments
The Seattle PI has an article today about the lengths sellers are going to, Home sellers trying it all to hook choosy buyers: Jennifer Nilssen wants to sell her Ballard condominium — fast. She set her asking price about $20,000 below that of comparable condos in her building. She’s offering to finance 10 percent of [...]
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Smith Tower one step closer to condos
August 20th, 2007 · View Comments
Yes, I’m behind on posting. Fortunately now that I’m on vacation time to just veg out and surf the web. From the Seattle PI last week, Smith Tower condo plan wins a unanimous vote: The historic Smith Tower took a major step Wednesday toward becoming condominiums. In a unanimous vote, Seattle’s Pioneer Square Preservation Board [...]
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Is anyone listening?
June 8th, 2007 · View Comments
Seattle PI, When diners speak up online, restaurants listen. When condo consumers speak up online do developers, architects, interior designers, marketing firms and real estate agents listen?
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Odds and ends
June 1st, 2007 · View Comments
I biked by Ruby Condos on Eastlake where it meets Allison on Monday, occupancy summer 2008. The Seattle PI had an article on, Condo dwellers seek quieter life in new parts of city. My unit at Trace Lofts at the corner of 12th and Madison is likely to be anything but quiet. Ashely looks at [...]
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