
In the upper most corner of Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood and nestled above the quiet inlet of water coming to the Ballard Locks is the tiny Sea Captain's hide away mini neighborhood of Land's End. Land's End is a small sub section of Magnolia in Seattle with far less than 100 homes, but big water views and lots of waterfront homes here! It is East of Discovery Park and Lawton Wood and looks across to Ballard's Sunset Hill. Seagulls soar overhead and sea lions come to chase the salmon that migrate through these beautiful waters.
"Q. What do I have to attach to my 2009 or 2010 return to prove that I bought a new home in order to claim the credit?
A. If you claim the credit on a 2009 (or later) return, you must attach a copy of your settlement statement. For most homebuyers, this will be a properly executed Form HUD-1, Settlement Statement (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) that includes:
"Q. What do I do if my settlement sheet does not have any signatures?
If I exclude Queen Anne short sales from the list which tend to skew the numbers, I am left with 101 active Queen Anne homes for sale right now - this is a small percentage of short sales compared to other neighborhoods and a real testament to the neighborhood. Quick stats with these changes reveal averages at $996,985 for listing price, 2801 for square footage, $349 for dollar per square foot, and a longer days on market at 134.
Queen Anne is already off to a great start for homes sold this year. So far in 2010, 21 homes have sold (no short sales have closed this year in Queen Anne). These closed sales range in price from $350,000 to $1,700,000 with an average of $726,874 and a median of $665,000. The average days on market for these was 105, but that was seriously skewed by one house that was on the market for 328 days. The median days on market for these sold homes was 82. The shortest time on market for these sold Queen Anne homes? 12 days. The average sales price to listing price ranged from 90.57% to 94.92% depending on days on the Queen Anne real estate market.
Seattle Floating Homes Market Opening Up A Little For 2010: Seattle houseboats for sale are increasing. The floating home inventory has been extremely low and continues to be so with only a few home son the market right now, but that is better than a little over a week ago when there was only one floating home for sale in Lake Union!