Seattle Housing Buzz

The Master Builders Association of King County is hosting its second Tour of Homes this month. The tour will be held on three consecutive weekends (Friday - Sunday) from Noon to 6:00 PM between September 14th and September 30th.

The Tour of Homes spans both King and Snohomish Counties with properties (condos, single family, townhomes) ranging from $250,000 to $1,895,000. Guide books with property information and driving directions are available for free at QFC stores.

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The NWMLS August Market report. Same news really, increasing inventory, increasing prices, decreasing sales.

For the Puget Sound region encompassing King, Snohomish, Pierce and Kitsap counties, selling prices rose about 5 percent from a year ago. The median price for the 5,975 sales of single family homes and condos in the four-county region that closed during August was $361,822; a year ago, the median selling price was $344,575.

A closer look reveals considerable variation in year-over-year price changes within the MLS service area. In King County, for example, the median price of a single family home (excluding condominiums) that sold last month was $477,345, a jump of more than 9.7 percent from a year ago. For single family homes in Pierce County, the median selling price rose 6 percent, rising from $275,000 to $291,500. In Snohomish County, sales prices climbed from $368,875 to $375,000, a gain of about 4.5 percent.

Read the full article here.

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This Sunday (Sept 16th), the Friends of Denny Park will be hosting a neighborhood party at Denny Park from 10 AM to 6 PM. There will be live music, food, art, activities for the kids, and doggy giveaways provided by Scraps.

In addition, a grass-roots movement, Urban Dog Presence, will be on hand to promote the creation of a new dog park as part of Denny Park’s renovation project. As the SLU Gateway district transforms to a more livable neighborhood with many condo projects promoting urban dog amenities, it does become apparent the area needs a dog park.

Denny Park is Seattle’s oldest public park.

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