Is Your Seattle Home on Twitter?  A follow up to a few popular Tweets.....

I had tweeted a while back that I had started adding Twitter riders to my for sale signs around Seattle.  I got a ton of responses ranging from "why would I ever do this" to "wow that is a great idea!", but most of my signs do have this rider on them.

I obviously agreed with the latter or I would not have invested the funds to have some gorgeous wooden riders made for my company signs, but my reasons might surprise you.  I fell head over heels for Twitter many months after I had actually joined because I finally got it!  I finally figured out why I should be on Twitter and why I wanted my Seattle property listings to also be on Twitter.  When ever I tweet my listings the web traffic and interest in them goes up significantly.  This is from both agents and consumers who are following me on Twitter, but also from people who search for Seattle real estate on Twitter.

Looking at Google Analytics for my Seattle listings and the hits they get off the web it is easy to see why tweeting about your listings on Twitter and blogging about them on ActiveRain.com. etc. adds more exposure for your sellers.  It is just one more way to be on top of web marketing for sellers!

Follow me on Twitter @CourtneyCooper if you want some great Seattle real estate insight and also access to very cool listings. You can also become a fan on Facebook:  Courtney Cooper 

Green Lake real estate - For residential only listings in Green Lake Seattle, here are some of the numbers:

There are currently 137 active listings in the Seattle neighborhood of Green Lake ranging in price from $280,000 to $1,335,000.  Average days on market for the active listings is 65 days, but there are exceptions if you are willing to price your property competitively, negotiate with buyers, and work hard to get your property ready for the market.  The median price for a Green Lake home is currently $519,000 according to the active listings.  There is one Contingent property in Green Lake and 27 Pending properties. Pending Green Lake houses range from $287,500 to $1,195,000 with a median price of $404,000 and an average days on market of 52 days. 

Six Months of Closed Sales in Green Lake

Six months of sales data reveals that 158 Green Lake houses have sold with an average days on market of 52 days.  This is not doom and gloom, but rather a more normal market than we have seen for many years.  The prices of these Green Lake listings which have sold range from $280,000 to $1,259,000 with a median price of $496,000.  The highest amount of sales for the last six months in this market occurred in the price ranges beginning at $300,000 and with good numbers all the way up to around $700,000.  In addition, 7 Green Lake houses sold in the last six months for over a million dollars with average days on markets of 44 days and 35 days depending on the price.

My Seattle Realtor opinion?

  Seattle real estate in city is great and things are still selling.  They are taking longer and there are not as many multiple offers, but houses are selling.  Green Lake real estate is still going!  If you are interested in buying or selling Seattle real estate, please feel free to get a hold of me - there are still loans out there and now is a great window if you are in a position to do it!  If you need to sell now, then please let me help you navigate this market!  Things have changed and you really do need someone on your side! realestate@cooperjacobs.com

All data compiled by Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services from MLS numbers

Interesting to see that even with all of the horrible financial fall out, this weekend was fairly busy for buyers from what I could tell.  Curious how other agents did at their open houses with visitors, too, because we have just had a glorious weekend weather wise here in Seattle!  Maybe Seattle needed a sunny weekend after losing our beloved WAMU or because we will be heading into our gray days, but either way, we got two of the most gorgeous days. 

I skipped open houses this weekend and showed a lovely new buyer around - I am excited to help here and was thrilled with the inventory we saw.  I am happy for her that she happens to have situated herself perfectly for buying a house now when there are good choices and less competition.  Less competition yes, but I am still so surprised that with the exception of one house, the last few sales I have done have been multiple offer situations. 

Good luck this week!  We have sun I think until Wednesday so if you are in Seattle, get out there and look before the fall kicks back in.  If you are looking for one of the Seattle Realtors who will work hard for you in finding Seattle real estate, please check out the easy search on my company's website!  Happy Monday tomorrow!

Seattle renting vs. buying...

The rental market is strong right now in Seattle and its suburbs, but which side of it do you want to be on?

Some benefits of renting:

1. Flexible - nothing to tie you down
2. Less out of pocket in the short term (although in some cases, a mortgage is the same or less than your rent)
3. No home maintenance to deal with

Seattle real estate and its surrounding suburbs are the best investments you can make! Despite a bit of a slow down due to the current lending environment, we are still one of the most undervalued real estate markets on the West Coast! Even in this cooler market, Seattle houses are appreciating! Seattle real estate is one of the best ways to build wealth today.

Not convinced? Let me give you just a few more good reasons why you need to buy Seattle real estate instead of renting!

1. Pay yourself instead of someone else by building equity each time you make a house payment
2. Tax benefits - The interest you pay on your home mortgage is tax deductible in most cases!
3. Freedom to decorate and make yourself really feel at home!

If you think you might want to look at buying a Seattle house or a house in the Seattle suburbs, now is the exact time to make that move!  We are in a buyer's market for the first time in a long time and there are some good buys out there!  The inventory is plentiful so you can choose your very perfect house and the rates are low on top of it!  Need help with your closing costs? I can help you get your closing costs paid for!  In addition, there are buyer perks out there that make buying Seattle real estate too good to pass up!

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Associate Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County - Experienced and with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them!

Call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle, Shoreline, Edmonds, Brier, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, Mill Creek, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs!