This section is designed to provide all the information you need to make some decisions about our community.
Seattle has so much to offer!
Take a virtual tour of Seattle: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/tour/
Seattle Traffic Maps: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/
Urban Neighborhoods close to Seattle Center include:
Belltown, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, West Seattle, Ballard, Magnolia and Madison Park, West Lake and East Lake to name a few. Each neighborhood has it's own unique style and something fun and different to do. Whether you crave the city life or a feel for a small town, Seattle covers it all.
Lake Union: The emerging "super neighborhood." At Denny Way and Westlake there is the 2200 Westlake development that is under way and set to open in the fall of 2006 with almost 1 million square feet of retail, hotel and condominiums contained in several towers around a plaza. Other tenants include: Whole Foods, a Pan Pacific Hotel and Bank of America. 261 condo owners will be able to order from room service and use a health club. The condos range from $250,000 for a studio to $2 million plus for a penthouse. Support for a street car that would run from downtown to South Lake Union.
Shoreline: Median home price: $272,000
Increase in median , 2003-04 11%
Commute to downtown: 13 minutes
Average days on the market: 28
The community runs from just north of Seattle city limits at N 145th Street, east to 225th Ave NE, west at Puget Sound and North at King-Snohomish county line at 224th Street SW.
Matthews Beach: Median home price: $448,000
Increase in median, 2003-04 36%
Average days on the market: 25
Commute: 16 minutes
Large lots with a beachfront park with mostly 1950's homes.
Queen Anne: Median home price: $350,000
Increase in median, 2003-04 1%
Average days on the market: 28
Commute: 2 minutes
Mixture of grand old homes, condos, and smaller homes. Upper Queeen Anne and Lower Queen Anne host restaurants, trendy grocery stores and Seattle Center.
Madison Park: Median home price: $514,000
Increase in median, 2003-04 10%
Average days on the market: 32
Commute: 11 minutes
Beautiful homes, the Junior League of Seattle, The Seattle Tennis Club, a park with a beach, stores like: Martha Harris, Frog Hollow, the Red Apple grocery store. Great restaurants and shopping.
Capitol Hill: Median home price: $269,000
Increase in median, 2003-04 9%
Average days on the market: 31
Commute: 11 minutes
From funky to Luxury. This diverse area is mostly upscale with smaller homes and condos/apartments spread throughout the area. The median price is a little misleading since most of the homes are closer to the $700,000 to $1,000,000 range.
If you are thinking of buying or selling your home in the near future, please call me for a private consultation about my unique real estate services.
Useful websites:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/webtowns
Elizabeth Arganian
(206) 448-9600
elizabetha@seattleurbanhome.com
