Market Trends
A Look at Sales in Lakeland Hills
January 17, 2012 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
I’ve always loved the Lakeland Hills area of Auburn, which technically straddles the King County / Auburn County borders and includes both Auburn and Sumner addresses. Perched above the Auburn valley, there are also some staggering views of the valley, southeast of Mt. Rainier, and east of the Cascade foothills. Much of Lakeland Hills is [...]
Auburn, WA: 2011–The Year That Was
January 3, 2012 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
The end of the year is a good time to take a look back and see how things shaped up. After all of the negative press, residential real estate sales in Auburn improved, both for the month of December 2011, and year over year compared to 2010. Here’s a quick look at the numbers: [...]
Houses are Affordable in Maple Valley, WA!
September 2, 2011 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
Seattle is a gorgeous area, full of lakes, mountains, and lots of green spaces. Just to the east of Seattle, directly across Lake Washington, are Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland and other communities, commonly referred to as Washington’s high-tech corridor. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and a batch of other big tech name companies make their home in our Seattle [...]
Maple Valley Summer Sales
September 1, 2011 by Gabrielle · 1 Comment
Now that summer’s coming to a close (well at least on the calendar), I thought a wrap up of Maple Valley home sales activity might be due. For reporting purposes, I’ve only included transactions that post a mailing address of Maple Valley, which includes the largest hub of homes in the local Multiple Listing Service are [...]
Springtime Sales in Auburn, WA
June 15, 2011 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
I’m going to loosely define “Spring” as March 1st through today, June 15th– our period of incredible rainfall and cold weather. I know Summer doesn’t officially start for another week or so, but I’m calling it now … Here’s how I see it: A total of 333 Residential transactions closed, consisting of 276 single family homes [...]
New Construction IS Selling in Auburn, Washington!
March 24, 2011 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
Sigh. The national newspapers are shouting from the rooftops about how crappy terrible new construction is selling. Another sensationalism report blowing things totally out of proportion. According to an Associated Press article quoted in my local Seattle Times, new home sales so far this year across the nation accounted for just 5% of all sales. [...]
Auburn, WA Market Snapshot – January 2011
January 18, 2011 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
In 2010, 734 homes in Auburn, Washington sold, with the assistance of real estate agents, for an average of $282,429 after being on the market for an average of 142 days, selling for 92.5% of the price at which the home was originally listed. Of the homes sold, 127 were reported as having [...]
December 2010 Auburn WA Home Listing Statistics
January 4, 2011 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
December 2010 Listings by Status, Price & Ownership Residential Properties with Auburn Addresses in King and Pierce Counties Statistics as of 1/3/2011 for Listings dated 12/1/2010-12/31-2010 Active Listings These properties were listed between December 1 and December 31, 2010 and have not yet sold. All Short Sales Bank/REO Price Range Quantity Average DOM* Quantity [...]
Snapshot & More — Auburn Washington Real Estate
November 10, 2010 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
As we near the end of the year, it’s time to take another quick look at how the real estate market fairs in comparison to previous years. The usual disclaimer applies that this information is gathered by me from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS). So … as of today, November 10, 2010, here’s what [...]
Foreclosure Statistics – Auburn, WA
October 20, 2010 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
I was directed to a Web site this morning called Foreclosure Radar. Like most sites of this sort, its aim is to get real estate agents to subscribe to their service (for a fee) with referrals to be directed from the site back to the fee-paying agents. I typically avoid these sorts of things as [...]
Auburn Sales Activity for August 2010
September 8, 2010 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
Just in time for the start of school, 55 sales closed with Auburn addresses during the month of August, 2010. Here’s the breakdown: Residential Sales are Single Family Homes, Manufactured homes are those within parks, not on private land. Of those closed 39 single family home sales, 14 were bank owned, while 6 more were [...]
Boring But Invaluable Real Estate Statistics for Auburn WA
August 26, 2010 by Gabrielle · 2 Comments
Yeah, I know … stats are boring. Especially putting them together every month. But when helping a seller understand what they need to do to sell their house … or why they’ll likely get the price under discussion, or why a buyer could/should pay a particular price for a home, they’re invaluable. So here’s boring, [...]
Want to Buy or Sell in Auburn, WA? Better Use an Experienced Short Sale Agent!
May 18, 2010 by Gabrielle · 6 Comments
At a recent Short Sale and Foreclosure class, I observed that possibly over 70% of agents in the greater Seattle/Bellevue/Tacoma area have never handled a short sale or bank-owned (foreclosure) property on either the buyer or seller side. Now that may be okay in some areas of King County, but as you work your way south into the [...]
Want to Sell Your House Fast?
March 12, 2010 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
Drop the price! The first two months of sales data in the greater Auburn, Washington tell the story perfectly — Want or Need to Sell Your Home Fast? — Drop The Price! Or at least price it within the range of those houses that are actually selling: Granted, this little chart only shows three months [...]
What Sold in Auburn, WA in 2009?
January 20, 2010 by Gabrielle · Leave a Comment
Yes, homes and other properties DID sell in Auburn in 2009. From an agent’s standpoint, the business of real estate felt slower until Fall, then things started jumping like mad! I know from my own business that every single sale was a lot of work — always gratifying, but whew! The start of real estate in [...]
