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The voice of King County's Eastside communites of Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Woodinville, Bothell, Sammamish, Issaquah, Kenmore and Mercer Island.
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By Greg Perry, Kirkland Realtorwww.425realty.com    I am the proud father of a U.S. Marine who served a tour in Kuwait and Iraq.  Over the weekend, we celebrated Kevin's birthday.  Kevin has always been the ultimate team player.  As a youth hockey player, he was always the inspirational leader of...
04/21/2008
NWMLS AREA 530 East Bellevue -- Market Statistics PART 2 Yesterday we looked at a study of NWMLS Area 530, East Bellevue for all price ranges under $700,000.  Today we'll complete the study by taking a peek at the upper end SOLD inventory.  Again, these statistics are for residential sales (not c...
04/17/2008
Kitchen yes, bathrooms yes -- but the living room often gets left out when it comes to writing about home improvements.  In fact in some house designs these days, great rooms are replacing formal living rooms.But what if your living room could use a face-lift?Generally speaking, remodeling your l...
04/16/2008
Absorption rates are the ratio between ACTIVE and PENDING inventory.  Using this ratio, we can see how many Months of Inventory an area holds.  Residential sales --not including condo sales.0-3 months = Seller's advantaged market3-6 months = Balanced market6 plus months = Buyers advantaged marke...
04/16/2008
It's finally clear.  Seller's are asking for more, but not getting it......at least in NWMLS AREA 530, East Bellevue.I assembled a complete study of SOLD residential (not condos) properties for Area 530 by price ranges comparing the 3 month period between January 15 and April 15 for both 2007 an...
04/16/2008
A New Dog For Your New Home!By Greg Perry, Kirkland Realtorwww.425realty.com For many, having a pet to love is one of the criteria used in a house selection.   We include memories and experiences of our loved dogs, cats and other pets in our experience we call "home".In our family, we've always h...
04/07/2008
Vegetables, fruits and flowers.  Every week we see them laid out in beautiful displays in the supermarket grocery stores.  But there's something special and satisfying about buying produce and flowers from the small, local growers in a local farmer's market.  They seem fresher....we're supportin...
03/26/2008
By Greg PerryEastside Realtor NWMLS Area 530, East Bellevue has improved from a Buyer's advantaged market to a BALANCED market.  Residential absorption rates averaged over the last seven weeks show that 530 is holding 23.7 weeks of inventory.  The last 3 weeks have shown strong inventory absorpti...
03/26/2008
By Greg PerryEastside RealtorIn March, the WSDOT demolished the Paragon Hotel to make way for a freeway overpass to be located on NE 10th Street in Bellevue.Built in 1969, you may have also known the Paragon as The Thunderbird Motor Inn, Red Lion, Doubletree Hotel and Ramada Inn.Check out this vi...
03/21/2008
Redmond Real Estate Statistics By Greg Perry, Eastside Realtor Residential Absorption Rates, averaged over the last 7 weeks, show that NWMLS area 550 (Redmond/Carnation) is holding 30.5 weeks of inventory.  (300.4 Active listings vs. 9.9 Pending sales).For homes priced over $1,000,000 during this...
03/20/2008
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The voice of King County's Eastside communites of Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Woodinville, Bothell, Sammamish, Issaquah, Kenmore and Mercer Island.