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Just a quick update on 2011 Home Prices in Redmond 98052 Year to Date and the 3rd Quarter Sold Prices.

Home prices are stable comparing 3rd Quarter with year to date. That may change in the 4th Quarter. Asking prices of homes for sale are a little on the high side, except for newer 4 bedroom homes.

Single Family Homes selling between $399,000 and $660,000 as the median price, depending on age and style of home.

Highest sale this year:

Lowest sale this year (with at least 3 bedrooms)

Two Story Homes built in 2000 or later with at least 4 bedrooms and 2,300+ square feet.

46 for sale - median asking price $650,000

75 sold Year to Date - median sold price $660,000

44 sold in the 3rd Quarter - at a median price of $650,000.

Pretty consistent as to price, but volume way down in the 3rd quarter. Likely because the builders are moving out with very few lots left to build on . They are going up to 98053 and over to Sammamish.

Switching to 3 bedrooms, same parameters as to year built and home style.

Only 4 sold in the 3rd quarter. Only 9 sold this year to date. Only 7 for sale. Not a market for it.

Looking at built before 2000, 2300 sf or more, any style of home Redmond 98052

41 for sale - median asking price $600,000

107 sold Year to Date - medain sold price $545,000

38 sold in the 3rd Quarter - median sold price $550,000

Homes of any age smaller than 2300 sf with at least 3 bedrooms (not including townhomes)

59 for sale - median asking price $430,000

167 sold Year to Date - median sold price $385,000

62 sold in the 3rd Quarter - median sold price $390,000

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Statistics are not compiled, verified or published by The Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

There are several posts floating around ActiveRain recently, pondering whether or not your personal life is any of your clients' business.

Should we ONLY and EVER blog about "the professional services we provide", and how we conduct ourselves as "professionals", but never about the "Who We ARE" in our personal life and life choices?

The truth of the matter is...WHY should anyone TRUST someone who will NOT reveal the "Who They ARE", outside of the scope of their professional dealings?

The #1 reason people hire THIS Real Estate Agent

vs THAT Real Estate Agent

is that they choose the one they TRUST most

with the well being of their family as to home choices

and the financial impact of those choices on their family.

Knowing that...how can you even THINK, for one moment, that the REAL YOU is of "no-nevermind" to your clients?

It doesn't really matter what you think really...as you are not the one who gets to decide how people choose their Real Estate Agent. It's already a proven fact that it is the one they TRUST the most.

Read this story...and then decide for yourself what matters...and what does not matter.

Once upon a time...I knew an agent very well "online" in his business dealings. He clearly "Talked the Talk". In fact I idolized his "message" and he has clearly influenced the way I do business...as I chose to "walk" his "talk".

Much of his "talk"

had to do with how "ethical" he was

in his business dealings.

Then I finally met him, in person, at a NAR Convention. Now you be the judge. He was targeting married women at the convention who were there without their husbands. He was primarily at the convention to seduce married women, by his own admission, because they never bothered him when he went home from the convention.

That was that...as far as I was concerned. I never again believed that this person was actually "ethical" in their business dealings.

Was I wrong?

Can someone who is so obviously unethical

in their personal dealings with people...

turn that "ethical" switch on and off when "doing business" with people

vs their personal choices of how they interact with people?

As I said earlier...it really doesn't matter WHAT you think about how someone SHOULD choose their Real Estate "Professional". People will do as they choose, and the will choose as they "trust", or don't "trust" you.

But the next time you see someone arguing...to the point of RANTING...about why their personal life is NOT their client's business

...ask yourself WHY they feel so STRONGLY about that.

My Social Media Guru is Andrea Revenant of 3rd Street Tattoo in Hermosa Beach, California.

She is also my youngest daughter. Gen Y at its FINEST! I learn so much by her example!

The Kid is a Natural!

Dustin Luther was my Numero Uno "blog-rules" guy for many years...but let's face it. He's getting old! Time for some new blood!

If your Social Media Guru is OVER 30...well as Jack Weinberg said it best "Don't Trust Anyone over 30!"

Dustin taught me all about not deleting anything, once it's up it's "carved in stone" and you lose credibility if you delete what you don't like and only leave up what you do like.

Well...apparently NOT SO!

My Andrea will delete me so fast I hardly remember I posted something on her facebook page. She's a "MOM ZAPPER" AND an awesome example of protecting one's Brand and Image!

My stuff is deleted so fast from her facebook page it leaves my head spinning.

She must have a VERY SMART PHONE (which I bought for her of course). Because she knows within one freakin' second if Mom posted something on her facebook or Heaven Forbid...TAGGED her on facebook...and BOOM...GONE...I swear in less than 5 seconds.

She probably won't like this "Poster" I made of her either...but Mom knows a few tricks too.

She can't ZAP me over here in "MyPlace".

This is a picture of my granddaughter during one of her many visits to “Nana’s House” in Kirkland, Washington. A short walk to...Downtown Kirkland on the Lake, with a pedestrian friendly and walkable area of quaint shops that come right up to the lake...and the ducks. Your know it is a "short walk to..." when a little 3 year old can walk it. :)

Home Prices often hinge more on what is nearby the house, than on the house itself. I'm often asked what is the biggest mistake a family can make when choosing a home to buy. Most often the answer is spending too much time on the WHAT and not enough time on the WHERE.

If you are a busy person, and seriously who isn’t?, you will understand that there are days when you can spare an hour or so, but not take a whole DAY off to go DO something.

Doesn’t that describe most everyone these days? Here in the Seattle Area we really can't plan too far ahead either. Lots of rain. We need to live close enough to something fun and interesting that is outdoors, as we all know bad weather can be here in a flash! That makes it even more important to be able to head out with the kids as soon as the weather breaks, and close enough to head back if our fair weather starts to turn sour on us.

So many times I am asked to help a family move to the right WHERE. They bought a great house...in the wrong place. They just weren't happy there.

These days, when selling your home for at least what you paid for it is easier said than done, more people are taking the time to find the right where, and Kirkland WA near Downtown has it all. Great Schools, easy access to freeways, close to work for many and a quaint Downtown Area of shops right by Lake Washington.

They say “A Picture Speaks 1,000 Words”. This picture screams

1) Buy a house in a place you LOVE to Come Home to.

2) Buy a house where “Getting Away From It All” can happen every single day, and anytime you have only a short time to spare.

3) Buy a house that is:

“A short walk to ??? Whatever may Feed Your Soul...and do your heart good.

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King County Home Prices 2011 should follow a similar pattern to 2009 and 2010. As you can see in the chart below, there has been little change since the end of 2008. Up during Spring and back in the Winter.

The bigger story has become who is getting a great deal and who is overpaying for a home.

The Red Block in the chart shows the price from my "bottom call" Funny, the people who didn't believe it when I said it countered with "Let's see where we are this time next year!" Well...it's almost two years...and looking back, so far...it was "the bottom".

Expect another 5% this way or that market in 2011.