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Trulia Question on a Property in Maple Valley from a buyer named Chris Home BuyerRenton, WA

i would love to know how much they bought this house for as i like the house and would seriously consider an offer at around 265k do you think this would be pushing my luck ?--This question is about this property: http://www.trulia.com/property/1079842663-23804-SE-281st-Ln-…

Highest Rated Gary McNinch Team’s answer

Gary McNinch Te... AgentRenton, WA

BEST ANSWER Hi Chris,

This home is in Glacier Valley development, across the street and one block from highly rated Glacier Park Elementary. Originally Bill Ruth owned this property and sold it to Capstone Homes who built these homes in 03,04,05.

The current owners purchased in November 05 for $299K and appear to have a first and second loan for $285K at the time of purchase. Probably put 5% or 15K down payment. Anyway, it is hard to tell because the square footage on the King County Tax records appears to be in error. I'm not sure exactly which model this home was, since there were quite a few floorplans.

These homes were great with high ceilings, lots of windows and bright, and location to the school and Elk Run Golf Course is great. These homes sold quickly in the hot market of 04 and 05. If the current owners paid off a normal amount in 4 years, they probably have about 25-35K equity. They were originally priced at 309K and did a 10K reduction after two weeks. At 8.2% cost of sale on current list price of $300K, they are just about even if they sell for full price. This is actually better than people who got loans up to 103% of value and now are way underwater on their value and are selling their distressed homes or short sale.

If you are interested in taking a look at this home and are a serious and qualified buyer call me and my buyers agent will help you out. The listing agent is a veteran too, so it should be fun, if you like it and we decide to make an offer. I think that $265K is too low, but in this market you never know, especially considering the amount of loss of value in Maple Valley market the past two years.

Let me know if our team can help, call, shoot me an email or text. Good luck, Gary

Gary McNinch Keller Williams SES Renton 206-696-2329 Trulia Pro gary@garymcninch.com Web Reference: http://www.RentonHomeFinder.com

So, the question is ??? Will he call me for help. Some buyers don't know that the sellers pay all the commission so our services for the buyer are paid by the SELLER.

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 neighborhood. This report is for Glacier Valley, a neighborhood just south of 4 Corners which consists of zero-lot line townhomes, "alley-load" homes as well as larger traditional two story plans.

In order to give the most accurate picture of this year in review for Glacier Valley, I decided to go back and compare 2008 to the prior two years.

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*Please note, these numbers reflect Single family properties listed and sold through NWMLS only and do not reflect "by owner" or private sales.