Seattle Real Estate

Are you a data geek looking to live in Seattle or move to another neighborhood or suburb? Seattle Met Magazine teamed up with Zillow in their latest issue to publish their 2013 Seattle Neighborhoods by the Numbers. findwell was asked to contribute to this year’s guide which starts off with a look at 10 different [...]

The housing downturn left a lot of home owners underwater on their mortgages. Their home values declined below what they owe on their mortgages, making it difficult to sell the home unless they have access to extra cash to payoff their mortgage. Zillow tracks negative equity across the US by looking at estimated home values [...]

The new year is upon us, and many home buyers and sellers may be wondering how the housing market will perform in 2013. The pace of housing sales in the Seattle area increased dramatically in 2012, and if our recent experience is any indicator, 2013 is going to brisk with continuing improvements in sale prices [...]

Downtown Bellevue is about to get even bigger, with an $850M expansion planned for Lincoln Square. Bellevue’s rapid development was hampered during the real estate bust, but with renewed strength in the office market and hotel market, Kemper Development has applied for a permit to begin building.

The health of the real estate market is on everyone’s mind these days. We went from an unbelievable boom in housing prices in Seattle to a crash that is still being felt. I wanted to take a look at the supply and demand that has driven the last decade of housing activity here to get [...]

It is no secret that real estate is a seasonal business. There is heightened listing and sales activity in the spring/summer months that declines as we reach the holiday season each year. I decided to take a look at the last 11 years in King County to see exactly when sellers list their homes for [...]

Seattle’s Montlake neighborhood is a staid, upscale neighborhood known for its attractive Tudor-style homes. The neighborhood’s proximity to the 520 floating bridge makes it a popular neighborhood among well-heeled commuters who work in Redmond or Bellevue on the Eastside, and it is is super convenient to the University of Washington.   Apparently more goes on [...]

Looking for a totally unique house and remodeling project in Seattle? The City of Seattle is looking to sell two old fire houses, both the Fire Station 37 in West Seattle and 38 in Ravenna/Bryant.

In a surprising turn of events marking the end of the housing downturn, Seattle home prices rose 30% yesterday. The unexpected spike in home prices was attributed to a data calculation error that has persisted in Seattle housing data since 2007.

The Puget Sound Business Journal reported today that an Australian home builder named Henley Properties has bought 54 lots in Kent and plans to begin building and expanding their business on the West Coast. Henley is headquartered in Australia, but is financially backed by Sumitomo Forestry Group Housing out of Japan. The article mentions that [...]