Seattle Real Estate Blog ~ Seattle's Urban Villages ~ Deborah Burns

There is a whole lotta cool stuff happening in Burien, just 10 minuets south of Downtown Seattle via the "secret" 509 highway.  There have been some wonderful changes with new businesses opening up to enhance the local experience for Burien residents.   Jimi Lou, the Proprietor of ALLUSIA (921 SW...

Highline Historical Society Garden Tour Today. The Highline Historical Society presents it's Garden Tour today of five Gardens in Burien, Normandy Park and Seatac.   The Garden Tour is a fundraiser for the Historical Society and day-of-tour tickets can be picked up at Sal's Deli, 15212 6th SW, Bu...

A few months ago another agent in my office asked for my help with developing a Comparative Market Analysis for a potential client who called our Seattle Real Estate office looking for a listing agent to do a CMA and perhaps list her home for sale, a very unique and higher end home.   The Seller ...

Sometime around midnight last night, John L. Scott launched it's newest tool for Home Buyers to make searches easier with "Neighborhood Wizard" search. The new Neighborhood Wizard allows Home Buyers in Washington (Oregon and Idaho too) to customize their searches by letting them "draw a boundary ...

Where is Burien?   Well, it's a community on Puget Sound in Washingon, just 10 to 15 minuets south of Downtown Seattle via what I call the "Secret Freeway", the 509.  Unlike other parts of Seattle, Burien has great access to Downtown because of lower density (less road congestion) compared to Nor...

My new listing-to-be in Montlake  is nearing the end of it's date with a contractor who is giving it a bit of a polish readying it for it's debut on Seattle's Real Estate Market in a week or so when I officially become it's Listing Agent.  There have been many details to attend to for my client w...

If you are thinking of Moving to Seattle, here are a few popular Myths about Seattle that need to be debunked.  My Top 3 Things to Know When You are Thinking About Moving to Seattle.#1.  That Seattle is basically a two industry town; Boeing (did relocate it's headquarters to Chicago in 2001, but ...

I just finished watching HGTV's "What's With That Really Expensive House?" and there was a house featured in the program that I have been in.  The program visited 5 homes from all over the US ranging from $22,000,000 to $79,000,000.  Three of them were waterfront homes, and all had amazing amenit...

Recently some Buyer Clients called me to let me know that they were back in Seattle and ready to see the new listing I had emailed them Friday night.  Since it was Sunday, and the house just came on the Seattle Real Estate market late Friday, there was an Open House scheduled that afternoon.  The...

For me, moving to Seattle from Southern California (San Diego via Orange county) in the fall of 1994 was a wild idea since I did not know a soul...but I had my reasons! #10 - The affordability of buying a house in Seattle...relative!  Of course my first day of looking for a place to live (as a re...