{"id":10418,"date":"2010-04-05T11:36:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T18:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=10418"},"modified":"2010-06-02T08:46:34","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T15:46:34","slug":"cheapest-homes-april-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/05\/cheapest-homes-april-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheapest Homes: April Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper.  We&#8217;re going to tweak the methodology slightly based on user feedback, so here&#8217;s the new methodology: I&#8217;ll search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, <b>excluding short sales<\/b>, 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 includes any listing that uses the phrases &#8220;fixer,&#8221; &#8220;rehab loan,&#8221; or &#8220;value in land.&#8221;  I&#8217;ll post the top (bottom) three, along with some overall stats on the low end of the market.<\/p>\n<p><b>Please note<\/b>: These posts should not be construed to be an advertisement or endorsement of any specific home for sale.  We are merely taking a brief snapshot of the market at a given time.  Also, just because a home makes it onto the &#8220;cheapest&#8221; list, that does not indicate that it is <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/27\/strategies-for-finding-the-best-value-in-todays-market\/\" title=\"Strategies for Finding the Best Value in Today\u2019s Market\">a good value<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are this month&#8217;s three cheapest single-family homes in the city limits of Seattle (according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/\" title=\"Search Seattle Homes\">Redfin<\/a>):<\/p>\n<style>.CNNTable {margin: 5px auto 15px;} .CNNTable td {padding: 0px 5px; text-align: center; font-size: .9em;} .top_row {font-weight: bold;}<\/style>\n<table class=\"CNNTable\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr class=\"top_row\">\n<td>Address<\/td>\n<td>Price<\/td>\n<td>Beds<\/td>\n<td>Baths<\/td>\n<td>SqFt<\/td>\n<td>Lot Size<\/td>\n<td>Neighborhood<\/td>\n<td>$ \/ SqFt<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/2518-NE-100th-St-98125\/home\/28441097\">2518 NE 100th St<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$168,000<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.75<\/td>\n<td>550<\/td>\n<td>6,095 sqft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/1658\/WA\/Seattle\/Meadowbrook\">Meadowbrook<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$305<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/8809-24th-Ave-SW-98106\/home\/473544\">8809 24th Ave SW<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$175,000<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1.75<\/td>\n<td>1,040<\/td>\n<td>7,440 sqft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/682\/WA\/Seattle\/Delridge\">Delridge<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$168<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/1226-S-Cloverdale-St-98108\/home\/477066\">1226 S Cloverdale St<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$175,000<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1.75<\/td>\n<td>1,440<\/td>\n<td>6,000 sqft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/2558\/WA\/Seattle\/South-Park\">South Park<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$122<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Stats snapshot for Seattle Single-Family Homes Under $200,000 (excluding short sales)<\/b><br \/>\nTotal on market: 25<br \/>\nAverage number of beds: 1.7<br \/>\nAverage number of baths: 1.0<br \/>\nAverage square footage: 841<br \/>\nAverage days on market: 64<\/p>\n<p>Here are the three cheapest homes in terms of dollars per square foot:<\/p>\n<table class=\"CNNTable\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr class=\"top_row\">\n<td>Address<\/td>\n<td>$ \/ SqFt<\/td>\n<td>Price<\/td>\n<td>Beds<\/td>\n<td>Baths<\/td>\n<td>SqFt<\/td>\n<td>Lot Size<\/td>\n<td>Neighborhood<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/4629-S-Fontanelle-St-98118\/home\/174250\">4629 S Fontanelle St<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$88<\/td>\n<td>$285,000<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>3,230<\/td>\n<td>5,238 sqft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/274\/WA\/Seattle\/Brighton\">Brighton<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/724-S-Rose-St-98108\/home\/477585\">724 S Rose St<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$91<\/td>\n<td>$219,950<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2,430<\/td>\n<td>5,000 sqft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/2558\/WA\/Seattle\/South-Park\">South Park<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/10725-66th-Ave-S-98178\/home\/176452\">10725 66th Ave S<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$101<\/td>\n<td>$215,000<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2,120<\/td>\n<td>8,560 sqft<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/neighborhood\/2246\/WA\/Seattle\/Rainier-Valley\">Rainier Valley<\/a><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Some of those homes don&#8217;t actually look half bad.  Interestingly, even though we excluded short sales this month, the three cheapest homes in terms of dollars per square foot were actually cheaper this month <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/cheapest-seattle-homes-march-edition\/\" title=\"Cheapest Seattle Homes: March Edition\">than last<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the last bonus:  The lowest dollars per square foot on a house priced above $500,000: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/210-29th-Ave-S-98144\/home\/148606\" title=\"11310 3rd Ave NW\">210 29th Ave S<\/a> at $132 $\/sqft.  $650,000, 6 beds, 4 baths, 4,910 square feet.  &#8220;Lake Washington and city views.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. We&#8217;re going to tweak the methodology slightly based on user feedback, so here&#8217;s the new methodology: I&#8217;ll 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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[206],"tags":[501],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-10418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-cheapest-homes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cheapest Homes: April Edition \u2022 Seattle Bubble<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/05\/cheapest-homes-april-edition\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cheapest Homes: April Edition \u2022 Seattle Bubble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Let&#8217;s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. 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