Seattle Homes For Sale: Your Absolute Seattle WA Real Estate Source!

Moving to Seattle can be one of the most exciting decisions to make! This city has so many amazing opportunities (even in this economic climate) and living in Seattle or the Seattle suburbs can open up a whole new world. Here are a couple basic misconceptions:

Obviously it rains here all the time? NO! It really doesn't - we do have many types of rain in Seattle and it can actually rain sideways here, but we experience less rainfall than New York. I recently earned my EcoBroker Certification and while looking at solar panels for Green homes, I was interested to read that Germany only gets 70% of the light we enjoy here yet they heavily utilize solar energy. We do get rain and it can seem endless, but we also have some of the most amazing summers on earth.

Seattle is on the ocean. Seattle enjoys lots of waterfront - lakes, rivers, and more, but oceanfront is not among any of the waterfront in Seattle. Seattle is perched on the Puget Sound which branches off of the Pacific Ocean. The actual ocean is two to three hours away in places like Ocean Shores.

Seattle's traffic sucks. Yes it does, but not anything compared to LA where it can take two hours to go a few miles. Almost anywhere you need to go in Seattle always seems to take about half an hour and our transit systems are catching up! We have a great interconnecting cycling trail and the lite rail lines are expanding. There are street cars and the transit centers are being redesigned and improved. It is getting better!

Living in Seattle is full of adventure and wonderful things to do - we have a great population and wonderful museums, restaurants, shopping plus tons of natural beauty.

Our real estate has softened and decreased in the last few months, but overall housing is strong in most parts of Seattle and Seattle suburbs. Here are some places to go if you want to look at more info or listings:

Seattle neighborhood real estate information
Seattle suburbs real estate
Or just search: Seattle real estate

Technology is booming here and although we can't seem to escape bad news on the media relating to lay offs and more, there are still jobs to be had.

Courtney Cooper, Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services, Follow me on Twitter : @CourtneyCooper

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