Three King County waterfront homes were sold this week, along with the two previously reported Seattle waterfront sales. The sales were located in Kent, North Bend, and Burien. The Burien waterfront home was located in the upscale Three Tree Point neighborhood. The 3 bed, 1.75 bath beach house
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09/30/2011
Two Seattle waterfront homes were sold this past week, one with beach rights and the other with a true waterfront shoreline. The first home is a Puget Sound view home in the Arbor Heights neighborhood of West Seattle. The 3 bedroom, 2 bath home was on the market for 5 months and dropped from a p
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09/29/2011
Lake Tapps is located in Pierce County, surrounded by the cities of Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley, and Sumner. Originally a series of smaller lakes, Lake Tapps was turned into a large reservoir for hydroelectric power generation in 1911. The plant ceased power production in 2004, but the large re
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09/28/2011
Yahoo! Real Estate came out with a recent study showing where homes in the U.S. are selling the slowest and where they are selling the fastest. With all of the negative real estate coverage lately, you'd think that our market is in the doldrums of a big slowdown in sales. Not so, according to t
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09/22/2011
Sales of Mercer Island waterfront homes have continued to push a strong path through 2011, bolstered by two recent waterfront homes selling in less than one week on the market. As the general market seems to be saddled with a flat pace, waterfront real estate sales in Mercer Island are up 28% so
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09/20/2011
There were six Bellevue waterfront homes sold this August, with prices ranging from just over $300,000 to over $1.6 million. The half-dozen sales were a strong showing for Bellevue, after just four waterfront homes sold in July, and just three in the same month last year. The least-expensive hom
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09/12/2011
In the rush to correct the plethora of mistakes made by the mortgage lending industry during the real estate boom, Congress has proposed many reforms. Most of these proposals have to do with creating a more stable buyer pool that is less-likely to default on a loan in the future. Requiring highe
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09/08/2011
Sales of waterfront homes in King County in August were up significantly over the same month last year. With 45 waterfront homes sold in King county this past month, the market showed a significant increase of 12.5% more closed transaction than August 2010. In the city of Seattle, a total of nin
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09/06/2011
Lake Joy is located in Carnation, WA, about 30 miles east of Seattle. Situated in the Northeast corner of Carnation, Lake Joy has a secluded feel with tall forests of evergreens surrounding the lake. With Moss Lake Park and beach nearby, the area provides plenty of outdoor recreation opportuniti
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09/02/2011
Waterfront home sales in King County continue to outpace the previous year's sales. Sales in the city of Seattle are up just slightly, with 63 waterfront homes sold as compared to 62 at this point last year. Considering the difficult market conditions for luxury and upscale properties, a flat m
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09/01/2011