Originally-listed in 2014, the Charles R. Bussell Residence (a.k.a. The Madrona Victorian with gargoyles out front) finally finds a new owner. Also in last week's biggest sellers is a Capitol Hill classic and a Mercer Island waterfront home.
It says something about that the state of real estate on Mercer Island that this 5-BR, 6.75-bath that just hit the market asking $11.8 million is only the third most expensive listing currently available there.
Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann became CEO of The Gate Foundation in 2014. Around that time, she purchased a Mercer Island waterfront home for $6.5 million. Now it looks like they're moving on as the 4-BR, 4-bath mansion has been listed for $8.8 million.
The Center for Neighborhood Technology analyzed 362 regions for the jobs and transit options available, and compiled the results into a score for each region. Within the Puget Sound region, Seattle comes out best in every category.
Last week's biggest Seattle-area sales was led by a Mercer Island waterfront home once owned by former Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren. It didn't get the $4M it was looking for but it did pretty well all things considered.
When you're talking about Mercer Island waterfront mansions, you already know you're going to be talking about something fancy. When that Mercer Island waterfront mansion has a name...well now we're in a whole other stratosphere.
The median price of a 1-BR is $1,750/month, up three percent from the previous month and 9.4 percent year-over-year. The median 2-BR will run you $2,350/month, up 14.6 percent since last year, the fourth fasting growing number in the nation.
Flint, Michigan has made the news because of lead in its water. Surely, such a thing can't happen in Seattle. Could it? Some neighborhoods are definitely lower risk than others.
As the weekend approaches, let's take a look around the Seattle real estate listings to find some examples of the strange, the weird and just the plain terrible. This week is all about bad balloon storage ideas and photocopies of photocopies.
Fred Bassetti and his firms received nearly 100 awards, including 27 Awards of Merit or Honor Awards from AIA Seattle. So, he was pretty good. That's why you have to check out the 4-BR, 3-bathMercer Island home that just hit the market asking $2.44M