Here are the Top 10 most viewed Real Estate Listings on www.TheCascadeTeam.com for the Day: May 17th 2012 

Most Viewed Listings

• MLS #351456
• MLS #357256
• MLS #307243
• MLS #351948
• MLS #352382
• MLS #351504
• MLS #352862
• MLS #356654
• MLS #352591
• MLS #269363

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There are currently 110 active residential homes for sale in Queen Anne, with an average price of $918,443.  The average size of homes in Queen Anne is 2648 square feet.  In addition, there are 136 condos for sale in Queen Anne, at an average price of $373,651.  The average size of a Queen Anne condo is 1036 square feet.  There are a number of expensive homes in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood for sale, but with the market heating up, and the desirable location of these properties, I wouldn't expect them to last long.  Home buyers are clammering to purchase homes in the Queen Anne area.  Lastly there have been 41 sold homes in Queen Anne at an average price of $722,821, with an additional 27 condos sold at an average price of $358,156.

As of May 14, 2012, there are currently 34 residential homes for sale, at an average price of $527,036. We have seen a decrease in housing inventory, but a slight uptick home prices since the last report, but home buyer activity seems to be strong. In addition, there are 2 short sale homes at an average price of $380,000, with 0 Bank owned homes listed. Lastly, there have been 2 new homes that have came on the market in Redmond Ridge in the last 7 days, and 27 sold homes in the last three months.

The latest housing numbers for Redmond Ridge are showing some positive signals towards price stabilization, however there is definitely a swing towards a lack of housing inventory avaialable to satisfy the number of home buyers currently looking for new

As of May 14, 2012, there are currently 476 residential homes for sale, at an average price of $689,215.  We have seen an increase in housing inventory, but a slight downward tick in home prices since the last report, but home buyer activity seems to be strong.  In addition, there are 46 short sale homes at an average price of $428,256, with an additional 12 bank owned homes at an average selling price of $327,683.  While the number of bank owned and short sale homes in Sammamish is virtually unchanged, the average bank owmed home list price has show a slight downward move.

Next, we find there is now 11 Sammamish homes for sale in the Vintage neighborhood at an average selling price of $559,363.  Lastly, there have been 36 new homes came

As of Monday May 7th, 2012, the median price for a single family residential Carlsbad home has increased again to $699,888, with an average of 128 days on market, down 9 days from the last report.  Days on market have held fairly steady over the last few weeks, however 35% of all listed properties had a price decrease in the last seven days, while 8% of the homes for sale had a price increase.  Inventory levels have been relatively consistent given the current sell through rate, and overall days on market are trending flat to slightly down.  Recently, the seven day moving price average recently made a strong move up away from the 90 day moving average, which would suggest that price stabilization is starting and short term prices

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Residential Listings Advertised as Rentals on Craigslist and others:

NWMLS encourages all listing brokers to

Western Washington housing market "energized"

and showing signs of "definite turnaround"

KIRKLAND, Wash. (May 3, 2012) – Northwest Multiple Listing Service brokers reported double-digit gains in both pending and closed sales during April compared to a year ago, but the most eye-catching number may pertain to prices. For the first time in more than four years (since January 2008) the year-over-year change in selling prices was positive.

The price gain was a modest 1.27 percent for last month’s sales of single family homes and condominiums that closed in the 21 counties served by Northwest MLS. For single family homes (excluding condominiums) the price gain compared to 12 months ago was 2.9 percent. Condo prices fell 7.9

With interest rates still at an all-time low and prices still affordable is now the right time to buy?  This is a question many of my clients are now starting to ask themselves.  Two of my clients in the past month have decided to purchase instead of rent as with rent prices climbing and interest rates so low they actually found it cheaper to purchase than to rent.  With rates still around 3.75 one can purchase a home with minimal down and payments still lower than rent.  There is also a unique opportunity to be able to purchase an investment property and have your home bring you a positive cash flow.  If you are interested in investing or just purchasing a home to call your own, please feel free to give me a call and I would

24/7 Wall St. recently asked real estate experts and several real estate organizations to weigh in on how sellers can get their house sold at the best price and in the shortest amount of time.

Here’s what they had to say as some of the best