Black Diamond, WA

Market updates for some of King County's waterfront escapes - waterfront real estate outside the city. Black Diamond Waterfront Homes - Lake Sawyer Waterfront Lake Sawyer in Black Diamond, WA is a short drive from the Seattle area, but feels like it's a world apart. The quiet community in SE King County as a wide variety of homes situated on Lake Sawyer, from small traditional homes to large, new construction estates. Current prices for Lake Sawyer waterfront homes range from $500,000 to over $1.5 million. The lake is a quiet, tranquil retreat on most days, although it does have powerboat access, so the water fills with with wakeboarders and waterskiers on warm summer days. Most recent waterfront Lake Sawyer home sale in Black Diamond:

29045 229th Ave SE

320

Black Diamond, WA

$895,000,

118 days on market,

4 beds,

2.75 baths,

3,200 sq ft

Pending waterfront Lake Sawyer home sale:

29017 220 Place SE

320

Black Diamond, WA

$499,995,

750

days on market,

4 beds,

3 baths,

3,100 sq ft

Lake Sawyer Waterfront Homes currently for sale:

29058 222nd Place SE	Black Diamond	$669,000	3	2.75	3,040
29255 232 Ave SE	Black Diamond	$679,000	3	2.5	2,410
27621 SE 306th St	Black Diamond	$750,000	5	3.75	3,400
29609 232 Ave SE	Black Diamond	$799,950	5	0.5	1,250
29025 229th Ave SE	Black Diamond	$849,950	3	2.5	2,830
30428 227th Place SE	Black Diamond	$1,575,000	3	4.75	5,890

About a month ago I met Ginger Passarelli Senecal, respectfully and gratefully referred to in our area as "The Soup Lady."

Known as "Mama" to everyone who's ever met her, several years ago Ginger felt a compelling need to fill a desperate need by those who are "first responders" in times of need and disaster -- our fire fighters, police, EMTs, military personnel, search and rescue teams, and so on.

Several years ago, Mama decided that the folks at her church needed more connection with one another. And so she began bringing pots of soup to the church after services. It was a way to get to know one another! As happens periodically in our area, in 2003 we had a windstorm go through the area that toppled trees, cut our electricity and other essential services. For many of us, it meant that cooking and warm meals were just not available.

Typical of Mama, she helped arrange for members of the congregation to clean up the area, then set up barbeques and portable stoves in the church parking lot to serve ... soup!

From that time on, Mama Passarelli began her mission to provide soup to those people who do so much to help all of us.

Mama and her dedicated crew have served soup and provided a friendly face in so many disasters -- both local and nationwide. She and her volunteers respond to house fires, search-and-rescue operations, flood relief, hurricane cleanup. They were there for Katrina, they were there for Gustav. They were in Lakewood for days to serve when four police officers were killed. They were even there recently when fire crews rescued a dog that fell over the edge of a cliff in Snoqualmie.

Mama Passarelli owns a home-style restaurant in Black Diamond, Washington. She's a talented and accomplished cook. Down home meals are definitely her specialty--YUMM!!! You may want to have soup as an appetizer.

While I can only pray that you never have a need to meet Mama because of a personal tragedy, I do encourage you to visit Mama Passerelli's at 24306 Roberts Drive, Black Diamond.

Whether you're looking to move into the Maple Valley area, or live here currently, it can be interesting to look at market trends and stats by individual neighborhoods. This report is for the Greenbrier area, which is technically a Black Diamond address, but located within the Tahoma School district. There are several divisions, but all of these homes are located on larger (typically 1/2 acre+) than average.

In order to give the most accurate picture of this year in review for Greenbrier, I decided to go back and compare 2008 to the prior two years. Please note, these numbers reflect single family homes only listed and sold through NWMLS and do not take into account any "by owner" or private sales.

	2008	2007	2006
Number of sales	3	5	7
% Down from prior year	-40%	-28%	n/a
Average Sales Price	$572,317	$626,770	$657,486
Average Days on Market	49	32	36

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Colleen Fischesser is the Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Select in Maple Valley, WA. She has been successfully selling and marketing properties all over South King & North Pierce counties since 1990 but specializes in the Maple Valley Washington area. .She may be contacted directly at: 425-432-5400

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