{"id":2000,"date":"2008-06-02T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T17:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2008-06-02T10:53:45","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T17:53:45","slug":"anecdotes-kenmore-condo-battle-heating-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/02\/anecdotes-kenmore-condo-battle-heating-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Anecdotes: Kenmore Condo Battle Heating Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The condo battle in my neighborhood (Kenmore) seems to be heating up.  In April I mentioned a nearby townhome in an 8-unit complex that <a title=\"Some Local Home Listing Anecdotes\" href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/23\/some-local-home-listing-anecdotes\/\">went up for sale at $360,000<\/a>, 20% higher than any unit in the complex has ever sold for in the past, and a mere $30k less than <a title=\"6401 NE 181st St #B1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Kenmore\/6401-NE-181st-St-98028\/unit-B1\/home\/12111263\/nwmls-27151109\">a unit just up the hill with a sweet view<\/a> (which incidentally has been sitting unsold on the market for <strong>290 days<\/strong> now).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Northshore Kenmore Condos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northshorekenmore.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px; float: right\" title=\"Totally HOT, Totally NEW!\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/northshore-totally-hot.jpg\" alt=\"Totally HOT, Totally NEW!\" width=\"253\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Unfortunately for our hopeful seller, their townhome has sat on the market for over 45 days now with no bites.  Even worse, 10 days ago one of their neighbors decided to sell&#8230; <a title=\"7212 NE 182nd St Kenmore, WA 98028\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Kenmore\/7212-NE-182nd-St-98028\/home\/12540590\">with a $20,000 lower asking price ($340,000)<\/a>.  Uh oh.  Of course, they&#8217;re not idiots, so they have responded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Kenmore\/7218-NE-182nd-St-98028\/home\/12444512\" title=\"7218 NE 182nd St Kenmore, WA 98028\">lowering their price to $345,000<\/a>.  Unfortunately for Seller #1, <a title=\"King County Parcel Report #8035550020\" href=\"http:\/\/www5.kingcounty.gov\/kcgisreports\/property_report.aspx?PIN=8035550020\">Seller #2 bought for $71k less<\/a> than <a href=\"http:\/\/www5.kingcounty.gov\/kcgisreports\/property_report.aspx?PIN=8035550050\" title=\"King County Parcel Report #8035550050\">Seller #1<\/a> and is using Redfin, so they can presumably afford to drop the price quite a bit further.<\/p>\n<p>And in a bit of bad news for both of these folks, a brand new townhome complex is opening up just around the corner with asking prices that are lower still, plus far nicer amenities.  A similar 2 bed, 2.25 bath, 1,300 square foot unit in the &#8220;Totally Hot Totally New&#8221; <a title=\"Northshore Kenmore Condos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northshorekenmore.com\/\">Northshore Kenmore<\/a> complex (which <a title=\"Hilarious Website for New Construction Townhomes in Kenmore\" href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=1343\">I mentioned on the forums<\/a>) has <a title=\"18505 71st Ave NE #63 Kenmore, WA 98028\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Kenmore\/18505-71st-Ave-NE-98028\/unit-63\/home\/12525945\">an asking price of &#8220;just&#8221; $300,000<\/a>.  For $335,000 you can get <a title=\"18505 71st Ave NE Kenmore, WA 98028\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Kenmore\/18505-71st-Ave-NE-98028\/home\/12525938\/nwmls-28084758\">nearly 1,500 square feet and an extra bedroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this all assumes that you are in the market for a $300k+ townhome.  In Kenmore.  Granted, as the <a title=\"Northshore Kenmore Condos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northshorekenmore.com\/\">Northshore Kenmore website<\/a> so proudly proclaims, we are &#8220;Just 12 Miles from Bellevue Square,&#8221; but having lived in the neighborhood for over four years now, I have to say I&#8217;m just not feeling it like the smiling couple mysteriously floating in front of the seaplane apparently are.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of amusing home listing action have you seen in your neighborhood?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The condo battle in my neighborhood (Kenmore) seems to be heating up. 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