Your comprehensive guide, take a peek at what’s going on! From live music at Maison DeLille on Friday night, to the Seattle Golf and Travel Show which runs all weekend at Century Link Field, here’s what’s happening around the sound.
Market Spotlight: Belltown & Downtown Seattle
Belltown is named for William Nathaniel Bell, one of the original settlers whose heavily forested land became downtown Seattle. The Belltown/Downtown area is where many Seattle landmarks like Pike Place Market and Smith Tower are found. Fortune 500 companies Nordstrom and Expeditors International are headquartered here. Among the many ongoing projects downtown, work began in June 2015 to lay the foundation for Weyerhaeuser’s new headquarters in Pioneer Square, to be opened in 2016; and the Pioneer Building on First Avenue has been purchased for redevelopment as co-working space and suites for small businesses and entrepreneurs. The pioneers’ clapboard houses are long gone and virtually all recorded sales are now of mid-rise and high-rise condominiums in this vibrant, 21st century city.
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What’s Next: Your Weekly Event Calendar
Your comprehensive guide, take a peek at what’s going on! From the Flower and Garden Show in downtown Seattle and a Lunar New Year Celebration at the Bellevue Collection to the Asian American Film Festival at Velocity, here’s what’s happening around the sound.
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Introducing The Market Report: Puget Sound Real Estate Trends & 2015 Year In Review
We are proud to present the Market Report: Puget Sound Real Estate Trends & 2015 Year in Review, a comprehensive look at the 2015 real estate market in an exploration of seven key counties of Western Washington: King, Snohomish, Kitsap, Pierce, Jefferson and Island counties, as well as 29 neighborhoods for our current and prospective clients. The report touches on macroeconomic trends, the primary demand drivers influencing our regional real estate market in addition to micro markets that vary greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood.
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What’s Next: Your Weekly Event Calendar
Your comprehensive guide, take a peek at what’s going on! From Valentine’s Day Weekend activities at Chihuly Garden + Glass and a brunch cruise taking off from Marina Park in Kirkland to performances of Love Letters on Bainbridge Island, here’s what’s happening around the sound.
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Happy Lunar New Year!!!
The PSBJ Reports an Increase in All-Cash Buyers in the Seattle Area
The Puget Sound Business Journal recently reported that, “nearly two-thirds of the people who bought high-end homes last year in the Seattle area paid cash.” In the feature, Stiles cites Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty research which found that the most expensive sale of 2015 was a waterfront estate on Mercer Island at $13.8 million.
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What’s Next? Your Weekly Event Calendar
Your comprehensive guide, take a peek at what’s going on! From the Chamber Music Winterfest at Benaroya Hall and the Seattle Boat Show at CenturyLink and Lake Union, to the RSIR & Luxury Home Magazine event next week at the Connoisseurs of Life Showroom, here’s what’s happening around the sound.
Barry Bergner’s Evoker Film Featured this Week on RSIR.COM
We are excited to share that Barry’s recently released broker film, produced by the extraordinary team at Evoker, is the featured film of the week on Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty! Not only is it the first film option in the gallery, but it is a featured post on the RSIR blog and has been shared on all of their social media accounts.
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Palace Magazine Adds Seattle to List of Top Markets Sought by Asian Homebuyers
As yet another acknowledgement that Seattle has joined the league of global cities attracting Asian investment, immigration and homeownership, Palace Magazine recently published a special report on American cities that included the Emerald City with significant contributions by Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty. The article also covered trends in typical markets including Boston, Las Vegas, Miami, New York and San Francisco.
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