Lake Union Floating Homes Sold - Historical Sales Stats on Houseboat Listings:

2011 seattle floating homes sold (so far as of 12/12/2011)

2010 seattle floating homes sales

2009 seattle floating homes sold

2008 seattle floating homes

Are you interested in Seattle floating homes for sale?

Seattle houseboats Realtor:

Courtney Cooper 206.850.8841

courtney@COOPERJACOBS.com

Why It Makes Sense to Use A Seattle Real Estate Agent Working with a Seattle real estate agent is the only way to sell your home that makes sense. You hear about all of the fear and uncertainty that a lot of people go through when purchasing their first home, well a lot of them are trying to do it on their own.

But I want to save the commission fees...

Of course you do! You probably could fix your own transmission on your car too if you took a mechanics course and you would save a lot of money by doing it on your own. But is it really cost efficient? How much time would you have to take to learn enough about fixing a transmission to really tackle the job? In the meantime would you rent a car? Take taxis? Hmmm. You can see that it really doesn't make a lot of sense.

Well… fixing a transmission is technical

So what? Selling or buying a house is legal. A real estate contract is probably the most influential piece of paper that you'll have to sign in your life. Why would you take a chance on not handling it properly and securely?

Again, it doesn't make any sense.

Now let's discuss the cost benefits of doing a home sale on your own. You think you'll save some money. You might - but have you checked out the high cost of advertising these days? You won't have access to the NWMLS, which is where almost everybody that is looking for a house searches. In fact, most people turn to the Internet to browse through the NWMLS to find their next Seattle home. If you are doing it on your own your home won't be there.

So you'll have to cover all of the advertising costs. Don't think that putting up one ad on a local free classified site is going to cut it either. No, you'll have to do much more than that! These costs will add up fast too.

Hiring a Seattle real estate agent makes sense and there is no way around it. It is basically the only way to ensure that your home will be seen by the most potential buyers possible which will equal a faster sale.

This blog is courtesy of Adrian Willanger at Coldwell Banker Danforth & Associates 206 909-7536 helping people buy and sale homes in the Greater Seattle area.

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Seattle Floating Homes Market Update -Moving into September!

Here we are 8/31/2011. Summer is pretty much over although it finally feels like we are getting some warmer weather here and there. Seattle houseboats are still well into their prime season and the choices afloat on Lake Union are vast. If you are interested in buying a Seattle houseboat, now is a great time to look. I actually haven't seen so many choices in the last few years at one time - and they are in all price ranges. Current offerings range from $219,950 for a little guy on Boyer Ave E to $1,395,000 for one of the Roanoke Reef houseboats. There are 16 Seattle floating homes on the market right now with a median price of $650,000. You can find these Seattle houseboats on Lake Union docks in Eastlake, Westlake, and Portage Bay. There are leased and owned moorage options. Let us know if you are curious about what might be the best fit for you. Lake Union Floating Homes Sales Numbers Are In - So, how is the Seattle houseboat market? There have been 4 Lake Union floating homes that have closed in the last 30 days on the NWMLS. These sold housbeoats range in price from $355,000 for a Westlake Cove houseboat to $2,885,000 for a modern beauty on the Fairview Landings dock with a median price of $632,500. The average days on market for them is 212 days and the sales price to list price percentage is 88.01%. Here are some details of these sold Lake Union floating homes: The average sales price to list price % on these is 88.01%

• 2764 Westlake Ave N #C Listed and Sold by Cooper Jacobs Real Estate listed for $399,000/ sold for $355,000 (SP/LP: 88.97% - exceeds average)
• 2019 Fairview Ave E #R Listed for 625,000/sold for $575,000 with 13 days on market (seems like a motivated seller)(SP/LP: 92% - exceeds average)
• 2031 Fairview Ave E #B Listed for $789,000/sold for $690,000 (SP/LP: 87.45% - below average)
• 2369 Fairview Ave E #6 Listed for $3,800,ooo originally, dropped to $3,450,000, sold for $2,885,000 (LOWEST SP/LP: 83.62% - below average)