Free real estate report

Announcing the New Market Tracker Report: A Free Service from Me to You!

What is Market Tracker? This e-mail report provides you with monthly updates about real estate activity in your zip code, including:
· The # of NEW LISTINGS for the month & YTD
· The # of SALES for the month & YTD
· Average & Median PRICES for those sales
· Average DAYS on MARKET

It also includes graphs showing:
· Average SALES PRICE
· Rates of APPRECIATION
· # of ACTIVE LISTINGS by price range
· # of SALES by price range compared to the previous year

If you would like to receive this report, just give me a call or send me an e-mail and I will add your e-mail address to my list. alice@alicekuder.com

My newest listing

This is a terrific 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom home at 36th and Cloverdale. Everything has been updated . . . plumbing, electrical, windows, water heater, kitchen. Priced at just $345,000!

Click here to see a flyer with more photos and details.

http://media.reliancenetwork.com/dyna_images/clients/1974690/20087218381.pdf

What are the current interest rates, anyway?

Having trouble keeping up with the current interest rates for home loans? Check out the "helpful links" in the column to the right (or at the bottom of this post). Troy Chambers of Arboretum Mortgage updates the rates weekly. Please call him directly if you need even more up-to-date rate info or to find out if you should be thinking about refinancing your current loan.
http://media.reliancenetwork.com/dyna_images/clients/1974690/200831118459.pdf

West Seattle & King County stats

Here are a few home sale statistics for December 2007 (the most recent month available), taken from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. (I apologize if this info is a bit difficult to read. Software limitations don't allow me to put it into a table format.)

# of Homes & Condos Available for Sale:
W. Sea. 2006: 357 2007: 555 Change: +55%
KC 2006: 7,712 2007: 10,497 Change: +36%

Average Days on Mkt. for Sold Properties:
W. Sea. 2006: 48 2007: 60 Change: +12
KC 2006: 55 2007: 71 Change: +16

Average Sales Price for Closed Sales:
W. Sea. 2006: $421,996 2007: $437,686 Change: +4%
KC 2006:$462,547 2007: $497,855 Change: +8%

Number of Closed Sales Year to Date:
W. Sea. 2006: 143 2007: 102 Change: < 1%
KC 2006: 37,524 2007: 33,210 Change: -11%

It's a boy!

Congratualtions to Troy Chambers of Arboretum Mortgage! His wife just gave birth to their first child, a boy named Colby. No word on his official birth weight, but Troy says, "his hands and feet are HUGE!"