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There are a thousand things to consider when buying a home, but one thing people often forget is proximity to great ice cream. Here at Estately, we are so devoted to the frozen wonders created by Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, we decided to map out the median home price near each of its eight locations. Using home sale data from the past 12 months,...
Seattle routinely ranks as one of the best U.S. cities for foodies, which is no surprise considering that Pike Place Market, Seattle’s most well-known tourist destination, is a giant farmer’s market. While being a health-conscious city overall, those who call Seattle home will face challenges to their willpower… and their belt notches. However, for these deliciously decadent menu items in particular,...
We spotted the truck this summer and now it’s here. … and Bellevue and Tacoma and Renton and Edmonds. Even Carnation. Google (and Estately) just flipped the switch on StreetView in Seattle. That means you can now quickly see every home for sale (often in it’s pre-prettified state) in context and you can pan up and down the block to...
Tim Ellis is the founder of SeattleBubble.com, Seattle’s premier bubble blog. It’s the place to go for serious market discussions. A typical post will pick up 50+ comments, which is virtually unheard of on blogs that don’t allow anonymous posters. I’ve interacted with “the_tim” over the last couple of years on Rain City Guide and at Seattle Bubble and met...
I’m no prognosticator, but I do like reading others’ predictions. Seattle Bubble has a nice chart comparing the amount of upwards price movement during the boom against the amount of downward price movement in the recent, ehem, “soft” market. The takeaway: This snapshot does appear to support the assertion that there is a good correlation between boom and busts cycles...
Greg spotted it first, but two Estatelians (TWO!) saw the Google Streetview car driving around Capitol Hill and Downtown Seattle this morning. You will soon be able to see the crackhouse next door to the Seattle home for sale from a safe distance and before spending your time driving there. You’ll also see things like the freeway is across the...