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New Home Sales Rise 24% in June
Seattle’s Houseboat and Floating Home Market – Lakefront Real Estate
8604 Dallas Ave S $85,000 1 0.75
2730 Westlake Ave N #84 $125,000 1 1
2143 N Northlake Wy #53 $125,000
2143 N Northlake Wy #24 $135,000 1 1
2401 N Northlake Wy #E1 $149,000 2 1
2524 Westlake Ave N #Dock1 $150,000 2 0.75
1080 W Ewing Place $169,000 2 0.75
2401 N Northlake Wy $175,000 2 0.75
2143 N NorthLake Wy #A7 $195,000 2 0.75
2040 Westlake Ave N $224,000 1 1
2143 N Northlake Wy #A-19 $225,000 1 0.75
901 N Northlake Wy $239,000 2 0.75
2401 N Northlake Wy #L7 $274,950 2 0.75
2764 Westlake Ave N #D $325,000 1
2143 N Northlake Wy #27 $339,950 1 0.75
2143 N Northlake Wy #30 $345,000 1 0.75
2401 N Northlake Wy #L-16 $349,000 2 1.5
2764 Westlake Ave N #C $489,000 2 0.75
1409 NE Boat St #2 $489,000 1 0.75
2019 Fairview Ave E #B $495,000 1 1
2235 Fairview Ave E #2 $575,000 2 1
2321 Fairview Ave E #3 $625,000 2 0.75
1214 E Hamlin St #3 $645,000 1 1
2017 Fairview Ave E #N $649,950 2 1.5
1210 E Shelby St #G $739,000 2 1.75
2025 Fairview Ave E $749,000 2 1.5
3130 Portage Bay Place E #A $750,000 4 3
933 N Northlake Wy #14 $799,950 2 1.5
2822 Boyer Ave E #1 $825,000 1 1
2821 Fairview Ave E #10 $850,000
2466 Westlake Ave N #17 $975,000 2 1
10 E Roanoke #1 $1,720,000 2 2
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The Debate Over the “Real Estate Tax” in the New Health Care Law
A person with an income of $200,000+ purchased an investment property for $400,000.
The home is now sold for $1,000,000, a $600,000 profit.
The full $600,000 profit is applied to the new tax rate of 3.8% ($22,800 new tax) plus the usual income tax rate.
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A person with an income of $200,000+ purchased a primary home for $400,000.
The home is now sold for $1,000,000, for a $600,000 profit.
The first $250,000 profit is tax-free.
The additional $350,000 is subject to the new 3.8% tax, costing $13,300 (plus the applicable income tax).
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A married couple with an income of $250,000+ purchased a primary home for $400,000.
The home is now sold for $1,000,000, a $600,000 profit.
The first $500,000 profit is tax-free.
The additional $100,000 is subject to the new 3.8% tax, costing $3,800 (plus the applicable income tax).
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Waterfront Real Estate on the Eastside Continues Surge
Beds Baths Sq Ft Sold Price
2 2.25 1,770 $815,000
4 3.5 4,090 $1,245,000
3 2.75 3,720 $1,395,000
4 2.5 2,520 $1,700,000
4 3.25 3,950 $1,795,000
5 3.25 3,750 $1,950,000
4 4 4,800 $2,000,000
3 3.75 4,183 $2,305,000
3 3.75 3,380 $3,266,050
4 3.25 5,022 $3,900,000
5 3.5 4,600 $4,283,000
3 4 3,670 $4,600,000
3 3.5 6,590 $4,900,000
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June Sales of Seattle Waterfront Real Estate Up Vs. ‘09
Beds, Baths, Sq Ft, Sold Price
3 3.5 3,050 $2,200,000
3 2.5 1,910 $400,000
5 2.75 3,930 $1,350,000
2 1.75 2,520 $1,600,000
1 1.5 620 $249,138
3 2.5 2,626 $540,000
4 2.5 3,136 $1,100,000
6 3.75 5,450 $2,500,000
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Wallingford, Seattle Real Estate Prices Up, Sales Strong
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Seattle Foreclosures Stay Low: Bank-Owned Homes
Seattle ForeclosuresSeattle currently has 210 bank-owned homes on the NWMLS for sale. This is out of 4277 total active listings, or about 4.9% of all listings.
On the Eastside, Bellevue has just 32 REO homes listed on the NWMLS, out of 932 total Active listings. At 3.5% of the market, this is again a less-than-significant portion of homes for sale.
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West Leading Strong U.S. Real Estate Sales
According to Freddie Mac, the national average commitment rate for a 30-year, conventional, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 4.89 percent in May from 5.10 percent in April; the rate was 4.86 percent in May 2009.
A parallel NAR practitioner survey shows first-time buyers purchased 46 percent of homes in May, down from 49 percent in April. Investors accounted for 14 percent of transactions in May compared with 15 percent in April; the remaining sales were to repeat buyers. All-cash sales were at 25 percent in May, edging down from a 26 percent share in April.
Existing-home sales in the West rose 4.9 percent to an annual rate of 1.29 million in May and are 15.2 percent higher than May 2009. The median price in the West was $221,300, up 7.4 percent from a year ago.
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Case-Shiller, Zillow Stats Say Seattle Real Estate Has Hit Bottom
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Seattle Real Estate Prices To Rise 3.2% By 2011
Value lost since 2006: 18.1%
Forecast gain through 2011*: 3.2%
Seattle has become a world-class city with a diverse, vibrant economy. As a home to manufacturers, such as Boeing, and software providers, such as Microsoft, the job market has held up better than average, with December’s unemployment rate sitting at 9.1%.
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