Estates Northwest: Seattle Real Estate Blog : Washington: Seattle: Phinney Ridge

Phinney Ridge real estate & Green Lake real estate are two of my favorite things,but right now especially there are some pretty interesting properties out there.  The interest rates are still quite low even as they leap and fall between the mid to upper 4% range and mid 5% range.  I don't remember ever seeing this much volatility in the interest rates, but at least they are low no matter what for now!  This makes looking at some of these Seattle neighborhood houses a better deal.

Both Green Lake and Phinney Ridge have some wonderful properties close to the lake itself - from old craftsmans (both updated and in need of love) to green built townhomes to century old larger houses with views and in close proximity to the lake (shhhh:  here is my secret dream house in Green Lake).

In fact, 2009 Seattle real estate seems to be off to a good start with low interest rates and buyers coming out to take a look at the inventory available.  The biggest problem I am having besides trying to get sellers to be realistic in this market is making sure that there is enough inventory to show to my Seattle buyers.  I am seeing a lot more activity lately in the $500,000 and under category and there are plenty of choices out there for these buyers where there may not have been in previous years.  The competition is also not as fierce even in the $300,000 and under markets.  I have run into two multiple offer situations already this year and it is only January, but it is nothing like I have seen before so far. I don't anticipate this being the norm, but there are also unheard of price reductions in the market at this point. 

Courtney Cooper, Designated Broker, Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services,Seattle Realtor serving Seattle real estate, Member Built Green

I always love to try and give new Seattle relocation clients boundaries of neighborhoods.  Some of Seattle's neighborhoods are easily delineated, but others are not so much so.  I know many Greenwood people like to say Green Lake if they think it will get them more buyers - same with Maple Leaf.  Phinney Ridge is another one.

  I love Phinney Ridge!  It is nestled right between Green Lake and Ballard and I always get a kick out of where people say one starts and the other ends...  I personally consider 3rd Ave NW to be my cut off point, but I know a lot of people on both sides of that line that are sure they are in the other neighborhood.  I have even seen it discussed online in a neighborhood forum. 

Both Ballard and Phinney Ridge are wonderful neighborhoods - maybe being able to walk up the hill to the Phinney Zeek's means that you truly do live in Phinney Ridge?  Nice to have the best of both worlds though with all that Ballard has to offer, too!

Are you interested in Phinney Ridge real estate? Seattle real estate? realestate@cooperjacobs.com

Seattle residents are big on quite  few things!  Two of these besides coffee are farmer's markets and dogs!  But do the two go together?

It depends!

According to the local farmer's market website, not all of Seattle's neighborhood farmer's markets allow your doggie buddies to pal along.

Dog friendly Seattle neighborhood farmer's markets:

Columbia City, Magnolia, Broadway

And the ones that want you to keep Fido at home:

West Seattle, U-District, Lake City, Phinney

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf, Green Lake (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline, Edmonds, Brier, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, Mill Creek, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs!

There are so many parks in Seattle neighborhoods and suburbs, really, that it is hard to choose just one to celebrate any gorgeous day.

 The history of the Seattle Park System is fascinating! Reading about it, one will quickly realize just how lucky we are to have so many prime pieces of land available to the public. In the late ninteenth century, the city was very quick to scoop up prime pieces of private land even despite controversy. Woodland Park for instance was purchased right around 1900 from the estate of Guy Phinney who has used it as some kind of fanciful outdoor adventure park - a Disneyland of sorts for that time because it was so far out of town!

Many people think of Woodland Park as a zoo, but did you know that it is over 90 acres???? This is a great asset to our city and we are so lucky to have it! Even if you don't want to go to the zoo, check out the rest of the park sometime!

While you are at it, check out the other parks in the Seattle park system - The Olmsted Brothers had a large hand in making sure that there would be a park system going forward.  Look at what they did to Green Lake when people had built all the way down to the shore before there was a chance to put a park in!

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced and with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle neighborhoods, Shoreline, Edmonds, Brier, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, Mill Creek, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs! If you are thinking of relocating to Seattle, I am an expert at Seattle Relocation services and can help you find the perfect home while making sure it is a solid financial investment!