Recent Real Estate Activity for Laurelhurst

We have a new contributor on board, Kim Dales, a well-known realtor for Laurelhurst, from the Sand Point Windermere office.

Often you see her signs around the neighborhood as she is well connected in the neighborhood, knows the area well and best of all has lived in Laurelhurst a number of years.

She has graciously offered to send us monthly real estate activity for Laurelhurst which many readers have asked for.

Here it is for the last 2 months:

January 2010 activity

*11 properties on the market
*9 active listings (2 of these are townhomes and 4 are waterfront homes)2 solds - median sold price $966,500
* of the two sold homes one was off and on the market for 241 days, the other 25 days. Each of these properties sold for 9% less than their most recent listing price.

February 2010 activity

*25 properties on the market
13 active listings (2 of these are townhomes, 4 are waterfront homes)

*4 solds - median sold price $1,047,0005 pending (1 waterfront) 2 pending inspection (1 waterfront) 1 contingent
Average days on market 35.* of the 4 properties sold 2 sold for original asking price with the other 2 selling within 5% and 8% of their asking prices.

The picture above is a recently sold home in the neighborhood.

Kim can be contacted at kodales@windermere.com or by phone at 206-235-7772.

Thanks Kim for this interesting information. We look forward to more.