🏠 Queen Anne home goes 22% over

Our weekly updates on real estate are a labor of love! So, as a regular reader, we’d love to see you support our end-of-year fundraiser for Mary’s Place. Mary’s Place is an organization that provides safe, inclusive shelter and services that help women, children, and families on their journey out of homelessness. A small amount goes a long way to ensure No Child Sleeps Outside. We will match all your donations. You can donate via Facebook, or if you’d prefer to donate directly, forward me your receipt, and we’ll match it. Last year, we raised over $5,000!

In terms of how the rest of the year will play out… This week will be the last week of the year when we see any new listings. After this week, sellers will hold off until the New Year on the assumption that not many buyers will be touring over Christmas and New Year – likely a reasonable assumption! That said, buyers will likely still put another 150-200 homes under contract before the end of the year.

— Matt (and Land, Maggie & Alicia)

LINKS

• Queen Anne home goes 22% over asking

• Can the US Climb Out of Its ‘Unprecedented’ Housing Crisis? (NYT)

• These are Seattle’s highest- and lowest-income neighborhoods (Seattle Times)

• Bellevue buys 12 acres, ending push to use the property for new homes (Seattle Times)

NEW LISTINGS BY WEEK
Beginning of the end-of-year slowdown

HOMES GOING PENDING BY WEEK
Last bump in homes going pending before end of year

HOT NEW LISTINGS
Eye candy

Last week’s eye candy winner was the Clyde Hill modern.

THAT’S A WRAP
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