urbnlivn, a seattle condo & real estate blog

Urbnlivn was quoted in the Seattle Times today, Realestalking: When the home of your dreams becomes your obsession:

Realestalkers work in various ways. Matt Goyer, editor of local condo blog Urbnlivn.com, uses the Internet to keep tabs on certain properties.
“There are people who are stalking condos online by reading blogs,” he said. “It’s a little harder [...]

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Seattle Times finally clued into the closing problem at the big shiny new downtown condos, At pricey high-rise Seattle condos, some buyers back out:

At Fifteen Twenty-one, developer Opus Northwest says more than one-quarter of the original buyers have walked away, some forfeiting deposits of $100,000 or more.
At Olive 8, at least 10 percent of the [...]

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The Seattle Times had an article yesterday on affordable housing, Seattle may ease rules to encourage affordable housing downtown:

Two programs designed to bring affordable housing to downtown Seattle have fallen short of expectations, with officials spending just $5 million of the $20 million collected from developers.

Maybe the city should buy up some failing condo projects [...]

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Wow, what a nice day today! We hit the Centennial Trail for a good little ride this afternoon. I hope you got out too!
The Seattle Times is a little late to the game talking about the construction slowdown with their Sunday article, Downtown slowdown: Seattle, Bellevue building projects take a hit:

Altogether, at least 4,000 condo [...]

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The Seattle Times hosted a Q&A with Dean Jones of Realogics yesterday and has posted the 22 questions and answers, Downtown condo Q&A.
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From the Seattle Times, Queen Anne condo manager accused of stealing from neighbors:

The live-in manager of a posh Queen Anne condominium building with multimillion-dollar views has been accused of stealing from her well-to-do neighbors, possibly for up to two years.

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Seattle Times, Developer slashes number of stories for Watermark site:

A developer who proposed a 32-story condo tower two years ago on the site of Watermark Credit Union’s downtown Seattle headquarters now wants to build an office building less than half that tall instead.

This is of particular interest to Cosmo residents as it affects their block. [...]

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Today the New York Times has an article on Amazon’s move to South Lake Union, Amazon Consolidates in Growing Area of Seattle:

If Amazon exercises all of its options, it may spend as much as $1.5 billion under a 16-year agreement to lease 11 buildings in South Lake Union, a lakefront neighborhood a little more than [...]

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Seattle Times, Seattle envisions new Civic Square:

In the latest design proposal, a curved tower of 22 stories of office space would rise on the Cherry Street side of the block and narrow into 17 stories of 155 condos. Lower stories would be used for retail.

The block they’re talking about is at 3rd and Cherry.

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Seattle Times has an article on Developers dangle discounts, toys to lure home buyers.
Keep in mind this same thing happened last fall. I suspect many developers have their fiscal year lined up with the calendar year and want to move units in order to close their books on a high note.
Of course [...]

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