Market Update: Queen Anne Hill... Seattle, WA 98109 & 98119

Queen Anne Hill stands 456 feet above Elliott Bay and Lake Union at it's highest point and has some of the most beautiful views of Seattle. These are the one's you see on magazine covers and in the movies with the Space Needle in the foreground and the Seattle Skyline and Mt. Rainier in the background.

Queen Anne Hill is situated just north of downtown Seattle, and even though there are a lot of condominiums now, it still holds a lot of old world charm. The Queen Anne neighborhood gets it's name from the grand Victorian 'Queen Anne style' homes that were built there. It's history dates back to 1851 with the arrival of the Denny party, but it didn't really develop until the 1890's when the cable cars could carry people and goods up the steep grade.

Queen Anne is split north and south by two zip codes, West = 98119, and East = 98109.

The east side of Queen Anne Hill is bordered by Westlake Ave N, and to the south, Mercer St.

Immediately south of Mercer St is the Seattle Center, home of the Century 21 World's Fair and the Space Needle. This area and just north of Mercer St. is the neighborhood known as...

Lower Queen Anne

Note: In the RTS below the last transaction date in this zip code was 6/4/2009. This gives you the most current date of the data. The transactions in June were transfers of title like Quit Claim Deeds or other, and were not sales. That's why you do not see any statistics.

Residential Transaction Study	6/19/2009
Project description: Queen Anne Hill - Seattle 98109

monthly market

Most recent transaction: 6/4/2009

Market (homes): 1799

month	year	sales	mrkt%	$/sqft	avg price	median
Jun	2009
May	2009	4	0.2%	$283	$745,625	$706,250
Apr	2009	3	0.2%	$230	$624,272	$600,000
Mar	2009	4	0.2%	$302	$590,000	$637,500
Feb	2009	2	0.1%	$314	$620,000	$620,000
Jan	2009	2	0.1%	$202	$497,714	$497,714

property characteristics

1 story	410	w/ bsmt	1,722	platted	1,763
1.5 story	650	avg bsmt sqft	980	avg lot sqft1	4,555
2 story	620	w/ garage	234	unplatted	36
3+ story	51	avg garage sqft	264	avg lot sqft2	8,008
avg % imprvd	55%	avg year built	1925	avg bldg sqft	2,708
avg # beds	3	avg # baths	2

	1avg lot sqft of all platted properties	2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties

The west side of Queen Anne Hill is in Seattle zip code 98119. Here to you have magnificant views of Elliott Bay, Magnolia, Puget Sound, and the Olympic Mountains. The North end of the hills has great views of the Locks, marinas, and Salmon Bay.

Queen Anne Hill History

HistoryLink.org/Queen Anne Hill

Residential Transaction Study	6/19/2009
Project description: Queen Anne Hill - Seattle 98119

monthly market

Most recent transaction: 6/12/2009

Market (homes): 3116

month	year	sales	mrkt%	$/sqft	avg price	median
Jun	2009	5	0.2%	$281	$775,442	$770,000
May	2009	13	0.4%	$351	$706,000	$629,500
Apr	2009	5	0.2%	$283	$689,300	$555,000
Mar	2009	3	0.1%	$303	$1,015,500	$947,500
Feb	2009	9	0.3%	$307	$826,496	$649,000
Jan	2009	6	0.2%	$307	$762,083	$619,250

property characteristics

1 story	964	w/ bsmt	2,926	platted	3,032
1.5 story	942	avg bsmt sqft	937	avg lot sqft1	4,698
2 story	1041	w/ garage	365	unplatted	84
3+ story	47	avg garage sqft	279	avg lot sqft2	4,447
avg % imprvd	52%	avg year built	1927	avg bldg sqft	2,550
avg # beds	3	avg # baths	2

	1avg lot sqft of all platted properties	2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties

	The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Ticor Title cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. © 2004-2009 Ticor Title Renton WA 98057