SEATTLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE: WALLINGFORD: 

This post is actually about the Seattle neighborhood of Wallingford which happens to be one of my favorite Seattle neighborhoods.  I sponsor the neighborhood blog Wallyhood and actually have an office right on Wallingford Ave N. 

Wallingford is a wonderful mix of urban and suburban - it has its own retail center of life, but also is a hop and a skip away from other great Seattle neighborhoods and enjoys easy proximity to Downtown Seattle.

Wallingford Homes for sale:  The Wallingford real estate market has been going pretty strong for homes in the neighborhood and I have seen some amazing listings pop up on the MLS.   You might go visit our gorgeous listing on Wallingford Ave N if you haven't been by yet... 4333 Wallingford Ave N is a wonderful example of Seattle architecture. 

If you would like a private tour of this Wallingford home or other Wallingford Real Estate, please feel free to get in touch with us - we are happy to show you anything on the market and can also offer tips on Wallingford homes that may be coming on the market soon.

This weekend is the big Nationwide Realtor Open House Event and I wanted to highlight the open houses being held for this great occasion:

In Wallingford from 1-4 on both Saturday and Sunday, 4333 Wallingford Ave N will be held open - come see this neighborhood gem ready to move in - large spaces with tons of charm!

You can check out all Wallingford Homes For Sale - we are happy to give you a private tour.  The site sweeps the MLS for Wallingford Seattle homes every 15 to 20 minutes.

Wallingford Seattle Real Estate Market Update 2009:  Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood has had a pretty good run in the real estate market for the last six months.  It is no wonder, too, because this neighborhood has so much to offer!  Just check out 4333 Wallingford Ave N if you want a perfect example of a perfect in city home with all that the universe of Seattle has to offer!

Here are the latest Wallingford Seattle Real Estate Market numbers for December 2009:

Wallingford real estate: 

For residential including Wallingford townhomes, there are currently 28 Active Wallingford homes for sale, 11 Pendings, and 65 closed sales for the last six months.  Surprisingly, Wallingford Townhomes make up a smaller percentage of these than I would expect with 7 Active listings, 5 Pendings, and 12 closed sales for the last six months.  Median days on market for a Wallingford home is 48 days and Median sales price is $480,000.  List Price to Sales Price percentage ranges from 96.43% to 104.90% depending on how many days on market for these sales.

Seattle's Wallingford Condos:

Looking at Wallingford Condos, there are 9 Active condos for sale, 3 Pendings, and there have been 12 closed sales in the last six months.  The condo market in Wallingford is a little less attractive than single family at this time with a median days on market of 77 day and median sales price of $342,475.  The list price to sales price percentage is also less with the last six months of sales ranging from 92.91% to 95.92%.

If you are interested in looking at any Wallingford homes or are thinking about selling yours, please feel free to get in touch with us!  We are happy to help you through the process and show you some of our favorite things about Wallingford!

Wallingford Seattle WA Bus Routes:  Wallingford is already one of Seattle's most walkable neighborhoods.  Maybe that is why the founder of Walk Score (a national website that measures the walkability of your neighborhood) lives right here in Wallingford!  I mean this neighborhood really does have easy access to everything.  On top of that, you can find major bus routes along at least 40th, 45th, and Stone with covered ones on both sides at Stone and 40th on Stone and also at 45th and Wallingford on 45th  - also on both sides.

(I need to ad my personal note here: I think that they should add at least a covered bus stop or two on 40th in Wallingford as well - this is Seattle, people!)

Wallingford Seattle Bus Routes (taken from http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/neighborhoods/wallingford.html )

16 (Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday) Route Map
Coleman Dock - Ferry Terminal, Downtown Seattle, Seattle Center, Wallingford, East Green Lake, North Seattle Community College, Northgate Mall, Northgate Transit Center

26 (Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday) Route Map
Downtown Seattle, Dexter Ave N, Fremont, Wallingford, Latona Ave NE, East Green Lake

30 (Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday) Route Map
Seattle Center, Westlake Ave N, Fremont, Wallingford, University District, Ravenna, Sand Point, NOAA

31 (Weekdays, Saturday) Route Map
Magnolia, SPU, North Queen Anne Hill, Fremont, Wallingford, University District

44 (Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday) Route Map
Government Locks, Ballard, Wallingford, University District, UW Campus, Montlake

46 (Weekdays) Route Map
Golden Gardens, Government Locks, Ballard, Fremont, Wallingford, University District
There is midday weekday service from N 34th St & Fremont Ave N to Golden Gardens.

82 (Nightly) Route Map
"Night Owl" - Downtown Seattle, Seattle Center, Queen Anne, Fremont, Wallingford, East Green Lake, Greenwood

Wallingford anyone?  So, if you find yourself wanting to live in a Seattle neighborhood with great Walk Scores on almost every home, please make sure and check out Wallingford real estate.  There are some amazing homes on the market right now in Wallingford and this is a great neighborhood!  I am happy to show you around.

Wallingford Neighborhood of Seattle:

Wallingford is one of my top five Seattle favorite neighborhoods!  It has a unique mix of being completely urban and residential at the same time.  Situated just North of Lake Union in the heart of Seattle, this area has a long history of being a working neighborhood.   It is a true paradise for someone looking for the ability to live in a nice home with easy accessibility to work.  Much like some of my other favorite neighborhoods, Wallingford is self-sustaining.  You could literally live here and never have to leave while having all your needs met.

 Wallingford real estate -Find a Wallingford home:  You can search for various types of Wallingford Seattle WA real estate listings right here.  Each page contains all listings form all companies in the NWMLS and is updated every 15-20 minutes for changes:

Wallingford homes for sale  Wallingford Townhomes  Wallingford Condos

Read the local Wallingford Blogs:

Wallingford on Localism

Wallyhood (@Wallyhood on Twitter)

Wallingford on Facebook

My Wallingford Real Estate Posts on ActiveRain

Wallingford Schools:

Seattle schools

Wallingford Parks & Outdoor:

Cheshiahud Trail (Lake Union Loop)

Burke-Gilman Trail

Gas Works Park

Wallingford Playfield

Meridian Playground

Wallingford Local Biz:

Archie McPhee

Trophy Cupcakes

Lil Klippers

Rusty Pelican

Olympia Pizza

Dick's

Mosaic Coffee

Ace Hardware

QFC

Bartell's

SB&A (Wallingford landscape architects)

Julia's

**If you are a local Wallingford Business and want to be profiled here, please send me an email and I will come out and take some pictures and tell people about you!

 Wallingford Community Info:

Wallingford Center

Walk Score = 100 for this Wallingford Home

Wallingford Real Estate Overview

Other community Resources:

Walk Score(based out of Wallingford!  Did you know that?)

Wallingford Bus Routes

 Wallingford has a lot to offer a new or prospective resident.  Let me know if you want to check out some of these places!  I am excited to help you find your perfect Wallingford home!  We can also help you with your other Seattle real estate needs - just let us know what you need!

Wallingford Center is a great community gathering place in this Seattle WA neighborhood - with the bottom two floors full of retail and bites to eat like Trophy Cupcakes plus a third level filled with studios this place is one of the reasons why Wallingford real estate is so great! 

Wallingford personal favorites: My personal favorites include Lil Klippers where two of my children got their first haircuts.

Great Wallingford Location: The Wallingford Center is located on the corner of the busy 45th and Wallingford Ave N intersection in the heart of Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood - right across form the QFC being remodeled and Bartell's.  There are covered bus stops out front on 45th on both sides of the streets and the Walk Score around here is perfect in most cases (see my perfect 100 Walk Score post here).

Historic Wallingford: The Wallingford Center was built in 1904 as Interlake Elementary School, but demographics shut it down and it remained vacant for years before being refurbished into the current neighborhood gem that it is.

Wallingford Homes:  4333 Wallingford Ave N has a Walk Score of 100 and is it any wonder why? With all this literally at your doorstep, why would you want to live anywhere else?  In fact, Wallingford real estate is hopping!  Our open house this weekend was very busy and people are out looking!  There were plenty of neighborhood experts through just to take a peek and keep their fingers on the pulse of what is happening in the Wallingford real estate market, but there were also buyers. People interested in this home were thrilled with the proximity to all that Wallingford has, but also with the finish work of the home and its general grandness.    This house is very special and was reserved for one of the early Wallingford developers himself. You can see this by all of the extreme special features like a double sized master bedroom with views on three sides. 

Wallingford Open House: The people most interested in this Seattle home were people who were looking for something different than what they have - move up Seattle real estate buyers who want to be in city and take advantage of all that this Seattle neighborhood has to offer while still living in a charming residential area in the very heart of Seattle.

Wallingford in Seattle is such a great place to work and live - QFC which is currently open while undergoing BIG changes, Ace Hardware, Bartell's, Archie McPhee, Rusty Pelican, Ace Hardware, Trophy Cupcakes, Julia's, more.  There are about twenty restaurants in a one block radius at this intersection!  My two youngest got their first haircut at Lil Klippers in the Wallingford Center and I try and get in this wonderful neighborhood fixture at least once a week.

Are you interested in learning more about the Wallingford neighborhood or seeing this amazing home?

Seattle's Wallingford real estate market has been moving homes in 2009! 

These home stats are for residential single family homes in Wallingford Seattle with sales in the last six months. Wallingford townhome stats are separate and although there are some vessels docked in Lake Union at the South tip of Wallingford, I am not including those in the report.  Seattle houseboats are also on separate market reports.

Wallingford real estate:  Seattle's wonderful neighborhood of Wallingford has had some action this year!  For single family homes in Wallingford, there are currently 28 Active home listings in the MLS as of today. They range in list price form $330,000 for a Wallingford foreclosure to $1,375,000 for Wallingford new construction (mammoth new construction with 7 bedrooms and 5 baths!!!) with this beauty in between: 4333 Wallingford Ave N (my personal Wallingford home favorite!).  The average list price is $728,644 and the median list price is $649,475 with an average days on market of 80 days.  Wallingford homes are definitely staying on the market longer than in recent years, but as the next stats will show you, Wallingford real estate is selling.  The homes selling are being specially prepared for the market so that buyers come in and want them.  The only potential hold up is financing at that point.

Pending Wallingford homes sales - this is real estate waiting to close.  There are 10 single family Wallingford homes that are pending in the MLS as of this AM.  They range in price from $399,000 to $765,000 with an average of $547,830 and a median list price of $499,750 and an average days on market of 33 days.

Wallingford real estate - sold homes in the MLS.  These are the Wallingford homes that have sold over the last six months within our NWMLS system.  In the last six months there have been 46 single family home residential sales in this wonderful Seattle neighborhood.  Remember, this excludes Wallingford townhomes and any vessels.  The sales range from $284,900 to $925,000 with an average days on market of 53 days.  Total sales volume in the Wallingford neighborhood in the last six months is at $24,330,400.  Sales price percentage to List price percentage ranges from 89.82% to 99.23% depending on market time, etc.

So what does this tell us?  Wallingford homes are selling.  How do the sales over the last six months compare to earlier years in the same period?  We are definitely down for the same six months, but not as much as one would expect given the current lending environment.  In 2008, for the same six month period total sales volume in Wallingford was $41,941,386 with 65 home sales and in 2007 it was $43,263,455 with 67 home sales.  Sales price to list price percentages have also dropped compared to the same period in prior years.  For 2008 it ranged from 95.74% to 100.56% with an average days on market of 37 days.  In 2007 the range was 95.46% to 101.41% with an average days on market of 29 days. Obviously we are down from previous years, so positioning yourself in the 2009 Wallingford real estat emarket becomes vital.

Selling or Buying in 2009...

Selling your Wallingford home: I can give you seller tips all day long, but the most important thing is to hire a broker who you are comfortable with and who knows your market.  Hire someone who can help guide you through the decisions that will make your home stand out on the market.  Hire someone with the technological knowledge to compete TODAY and definitely with great social networking skills. 

Buying in 2009?  Is now a good time for you to buy a Wallingford home?  Well rates are certainly at an all time low so the money is cheaper.  Prices are down.  Sales volume is down so there is more bargaining room.  It is pretty much the buyer's market you have been waiting for, but make sure to have your agent really look at the value of the home and try and get you in there as low as possible to guard against any potential short term equity loss.  This is easy to do for anyone experienced in negotiating lower prices for their buyers.  Don't be afraid to go in lower than might be "socially acceptable".  This is a huge investment and there is always risk in investment. So is it a good time to buy?  For some.  Do you have a job?  That helps! Make sure and get in there before the tax credit expires on 11/30 if you qualify.  Also ask your agent if they can help you with closing costs or help you get the seller to pay for them.  Cash is king - if you can get these things off your plate financially, it is definitely easier up front.  Feel free to shoot me over an email if you have any questions.

Lake Union Loop aka the Cheshiahud Loop in Seattle WA touches lots of great neighborhoods and parks, loops some of my favorite Seattle waterfront neighborhoods, and offers great views along the way. Josh on Google made this great map and I had to share, but the city's official map is great, too!

The Lake Union Loop has been a long time coming and I am so glad to be able to find a great map online - wanted to share!  Here is a great link on the loop from the city, too.

Have you ever seen a great house with a walk score of 100?

Seriously, it does!  I expected 99, but 100 it is for 4333 Wallingford Ave N in Seattle WA!  I didn't think it would be exactly a 100, but it is!

Check it out:

http://www.walkscore.com/get-score.php?street=4333+wallingford+ave+n&go=Go

This place is great!  Views and in the very heart of all the action in Wallingford - plus just a mile to Gasworks Park!  If you want a wonderful Wallingford home and some great Seattle real estate, then this is a nice choice!

Want more info on Wallingford? 

Check out the local blog:

Wallyhood

or Wallingford on Facebook

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services, realestate@cooperjacobs.com