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Ben is a Seattle condominium specialist located in downtown Seattle and is the founder and author of the most read Seattle condo blog: SeattleCondosAndLofts.com Ben also maintains the Seattle real estate blog - Seattle Housing Buzz. Ben specializes in urban Seattle real estate.

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2008 

Apparently, the blogoshpere is getting heated, especially in our small Northwest neck of the woods. There are a few agents who've started up condo blogs using very similar, and in some cases, the exact name as my blog. But, I'm more flattered by those than annoyed.  But, recently, things have tak...
04/24/2008
Last month’s market performance figures reflected continued confidence in Seattle’s condo market. The city-wide condo median price rose to a high of $329,975, a 4.1% increase over the same period last year, reversing a two month slide. The condo inventory supply, or absorption rate, decreased for...
04/19/2008
The West Seattle area of Seattle (Alki, Alaska Junction, White Center, Admiral, Fauntlero, High Point) has exhibited the most buoyant condo sales activity in the city.  Last month's 4.1% increase in median price to $300,950 reversed a three month year-over-year decline.  It also reflected the thi...
04/19/2008
Condos in the Northeast Seattle area (University, Roosevelt, Lake City, Pinehurst, Wedgwood) is slowing showing signs of improvement from the seasonal Winter downturn.  The median condo price rose slightly over February to $255,800, though a tad lower than March of 2007 by .85%.   Unfortunately, ...
04/19/2008
The median price for condos in Northwest Seattle (Ballard, Green Lake, Fremont, Wallingford, Greenwood) increased to $291,840, the highest level since last Summer and reversed a year-over-year decline trend. New condo developments in Ballard as well as newly listed resales have pushed the number ...
04/19/2008
March 2008 exhibited a marked improvement for downtown Seattle condo values with the median price rising to $525,000, a 13.3% increase over the same period last year and a 39.6% jump over February.   The good news in property values is tempered by a significant rise in the number of active listin...
04/19/2008
Last month exhibited the second consecutive decline in Capitol Hill's median condo price in both month-over-month and year-over-year results.   At $313,000, the median price is down 4.3% from the same period last year. Unfortunately, the outlook portends more of the same as Capitol Hill has the h...
04/19/2008
In March, the condo market on Queen Anne reversed a price decline trend with a 20.2% increase in median price to $372,450, compared to the same period in the prior year.  The number of active condo listings increased 42% over March 2007 to 251 properties.  Fewer properties are being sold with clo...
04/16/2008
Lighthouse Point - junction of Alki Ave and Beach DriveThe Lighthouse Point Condominium (website) is a new conversion complex located next door to the Alki Point Lighthouse and steps from Alki Beach. Previously the Riptide Apartments, Lighthouse Point offers 40 studio and one-bedroom homes starti...
04/03/2008
seventeen07 - 1707 Boylston Ave seventeen07 (website) is located in the mix of Capitol Hill’s vibrant Broadway & Pike/Pike districts, just west of Seattle Central at the corner of Boylston and E. Olive Street. The 3-story building features 36 studio, one- and two-bedroom homes, some with downtown...
04/03/2008
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Ben is a Seattle condominium specialist located in downtown Seattle and is the founder and author of the popular Seattle Condo Blog

Ben also maintains the Seattle real estate blog - Seattle Housing Buzz.

Ben specializes in urban Seattle real estate.