One of the questions I’ve seen a few people ask about my home search is something to the effect of “how did you decide to buy in Everett?” In today’s post I’ll answer the question a little more broadly by describing our general method for deciding what was important to us, what wasn’t, and how…
Category: Features
Exploring the Median-Priced Home at the Peak & Today
I thought it might be interesting to take a little look around the market today by comparing some of what’s out there with the peak median-priced home. As you know if you’ve been following along since 2007, King County’s single-family median sale price peaked at $481,000 in July 2007. After doing a bit of digging…
Reader Story: The Demand is There, But the Supply Isn’t
Let’s reach into the Seattle Bubble mailbag for today’s post. Today’s email is from a reader that has been shopping for “investment” property on the Eastside. Just thought I’d give you a heads up on a buying experience in Bellevue. I’ve been looking for an investment property for a while, finding nothing but garbage and…
Knife-Catcher: The Tim’s Home Search Timeline
As promised, I’ll be taking up some space on these pages over the next few weeks to share some of the nitty gritty details of my personal home search. To kick things off, I thought I’d just give you a rough timeline of the whole process. Let me know in the comments on this post…
Cheapest Homes: June 2011 Edition
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. Here’s our methodology: I search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states of extreme disrepair based on listing photos and descriptions will be excluded. This…