Comments on: Kirkland Real Estate http://raincityguide.com/2006/01/18/kirkland-real-estate/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:47:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Relocating to Seattle http://raincityguide.com/2006/01/18/kirkland-real-estate/#comment-172053 Relocating to Seattle Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:45:14 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=300#comment-172053 [...] Seattle’s Rain City Guide is a real estate blog serving Seattle, Washington. The team of authors includes real estate agents, a mortgage consultant, attorney, economist, and even a programmer / web developer. The topics covered range from the real estate market activity, to tech talk on the local MLS database, and even some personal announcements (congrats on the beautiful baby!) [...] [...] Seattle’s Rain City Guide is a real estate blog serving Seattle, Washington. The team of authors includes real estate agents, a mortgage consultant, attorney, economist, and even a programmer / web developer. The topics covered range from the real estate market activity, to tech talk on the local MLS database, and even some personal announcements (congrats on the beautiful baby!) [...]

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/01/18/kirkland-real-estate/#comment-4859 ARDELL Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:30:17 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=300#comment-4859 Kumar, MSP? Minneapolis-St. Paul? As to Eastside communities being "saturated" and expensive, it depends on price range and housing style. No, I do not believe that people who regularly work on the Eastside are buying in Seattle vs. Eastside. I do think that people who lived in Seattle are getting jobs, more and more, on the Eastside without moving across...yet. The exception being single people who want to live in Downtown, Belltown or Capitol Hill. But by and large, people's preference is to live on the same side of the bridge where they work. Personally, I'm a "drive around the lake", person. It's such a beautiful drive to take Juanita around to Bothell/Lake City Way and down into Northgate/Greenlake. So from my perspective, I'd say the value for you might be Juanita/Finn Hill/Kenmore, given the fact that your wife works in Redmond and you in Seattle. Lake Washington Schools or Northshore School District, without going too far into North Kenmore or Bothell. There are still good values in all of those areas. Without knowing your price range...hard to be more specific than that. If your price range is over $450,000, and you don't have children, my advice would be different. Kumar, MSP? Minneapolis-St. Paul? As to Eastside communities being “saturated” and expensive, it depends on price range and housing style. No, I do not believe that people who regularly work on the Eastside are buying in Seattle vs. Eastside. I do think that people who lived in Seattle are getting jobs, more and more, on the Eastside without moving across…yet.

The exception being single people who want to live in Downtown, Belltown or Capitol Hill. But by and large, people’s preference is to live on the same side of the bridge where they work.

Personally, I’m a “drive around the lake”, person. It’s such a beautiful drive to take Juanita around to Bothell/Lake City Way and down into Northgate/Greenlake. So from my perspective, I’d say the value for you might be Juanita/Finn Hill/Kenmore, given the fact that your wife works in Redmond and you in Seattle. Lake Washington Schools or Northshore School District, without going too far into North Kenmore or Bothell. There are still good values in all of those areas.

Without knowing your price range…hard to be more specific than that. If your price range is over $450,000, and you don’t have children, my advice would be different.

]]> By: Kumar Rakesh http://raincityguide.com/2006/01/18/kirkland-real-estate/#comment-4837 Kumar Rakesh Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:12:43 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=300#comment-4837 Ardell - your article on Kirkland is really informative. We just moved from MSP. I work downtown and my wife works at Redmond. I have noticed in the last 3 days I went to office at downtown, the traffic on the opposite side, both mornning and evening...amazing, seems like people have bought houses in Seattle and are now commuting into the east side...you might have some stats around that. Anyways, we are trying to find a house, want to spare my wife the commute...however, I want to keep it as close as possible to Seattle....Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond, all seem to be satured areas, pretty expensive places...any advice. Ardell – your article on Kirkland is really informative. We just moved from MSP. I work downtown and my wife works at Redmond. I have noticed in the last 3 days I went to office at downtown, the traffic on the opposite side, both mornning and evening…amazing, seems like people have bought houses in Seattle and are now commuting into the east side…you might have some stats around that. Anyways, we are trying to find a house, want to spare my wife the commute…however, I want to keep it as close as possible to Seattle….Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond, all seem to be satured areas, pretty expensive places…any advice.

]]> By: ShackBlog » 3 Reasons to Use ShackPrices.com http://raincityguide.com/2006/01/18/kirkland-real-estate/#comment-1586 ShackBlog » 3 Reasons to Use ShackPrices.com Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:16:31 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=300#comment-1586 [...] 1. You’re thinking of selling your house and you want to see what similar houses have sold for. Lots of folks will give you a list of nearby properties that have sold, but with ShackPrices, you can actually see where they are. Is the more expensive one on a cul-de-sac? Is one right next to a busy road? You can see right away on ShackPrices maps. 2. You’re thinking of buying a house and you want to see what you can get for your money in a neighborhood. Set your price range, set everything else wide open, and zoom in on an area you’re interested in. Click on a few houses and see what they have to offer. Want a specific size or number of bedrooms? Set that and zoom in to see what that would cost. You might think that sites that just show you properties that are for sale can do this just as well, but, as Ardell at Rain City Guide points out, what’s on the market is not reflective of what sells on the market. 3. You want to spy on your neighbors. You watch the for sale signs go up, see the listing price, and it’s sold and a new neighbor moves in. You don’t want to rudely ask your new neighbor if they paid THAt MUCH, but you want to know. In fact, you have to know. It’s killing you. Use ShackPrices to zoom in on your house and see how much the creepy old man down the street got for his house and how much the new yuppie paid him. Cat:  [...] [...] 1. You’re thinking of selling your house and you want to see what similar houses have sold for. Lots of folks will give you a list of nearby properties that have sold, but with ShackPrices, you can actually see where they are. Is the more expensive one on a cul-de-sac? Is one right next to a busy road? You can see right away on ShackPrices maps. 2. You’re thinking of buying a house and you want to see what you can get for your money in a neighborhood. Set your price range, set everything else wide open, and zoom in on an area you’re interested in. Click on a few houses and see what they have to offer. Want a specific size or number of bedrooms? Set that and zoom in to see what that would cost. You might think that sites that just show you properties that are for sale can do this just as well, but, as Ardell at Rain City Guide points out, what’s on the market is not reflective of what sells on the market. 3. You want to spy on your neighbors. You watch the for sale signs go up, see the listing price, and it’s sold and a new neighbor moves in. You don’t want to rudely ask your new neighbor if they paid THAt MUCH, but you want to know. In fact, you have to know. It’s killing you. Use ShackPrices to zoom in on your house and see how much the creepy old man down the street got for his house and how much the new yuppie paid him. Cat:  [...]

]]> By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Bubble-bursting round-up http://raincityguide.com/2006/01/18/kirkland-real-estate/#comment-1578 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Bubble-bursting round-up Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:28:47 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=300#comment-1578 [...] I expect Ardell to further suss out where the bubble is popping and where it is not popping as she expertly did for Kirkland. I will go out on a limb and say everywhere, over the next 10 years (daring!). To those who say “they aren’t making more land,” which admirably hasn’t yet been stated on Rain City Guide, I would like to point you to Tokyo’s experience in the late 80s and throughout the 90s. [...] [...] I expect Ardell to further suss out where the bubble is popping and where it is not popping as she expertly did for Kirkland. I will go out on a limb and say everywhere, over the next 10 years (daring!). To those who say “they aren’t making more land,” which admirably hasn’t yet been stated on Rain City Guide, I would like to point you to Tokyo’s experience in the late 80s and throughout the 90s. [...]

]]> By: Real Estate Resources » Blog Archive » Relocating to Seattle http://raincityguide.com/2006/01/18/kirkland-real-estate/#comment-1446 Real Estate Resources » Blog Archive » Relocating to Seattle Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:04:23 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=300#comment-1446 [...] This is a real estate blog serving Seattle, Washington. The team of authors includes real estate agents, a mortgage consultant, attorney, economist, and even a programmer / web developer. The topics covered range from the real estate market activity, to tech talk on the local MLS database, and even some personal announcements (congrats on the beautiful baby!) [...] [...] This is a real estate blog serving Seattle, Washington. The team of authors includes real estate agents, a mortgage consultant, attorney, economist, and even a programmer / web developer. The topics covered range from the real estate market activity, to tech talk on the local MLS database, and even some personal announcements (congrats on the beautiful baby!) [...]

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