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“Spanish Lessons Guy” in search of local housing – UPDATE: Leonardo has found a place to stay

UPDATE, Wednesday, August 17, 2011 – Leonardo has found a place to stay.   Regular Green Lake walker and local personality Leonardo, often fondly referred to as “Spanish Lessons Guy,” is looking for a place to live. Do you have a lead on a room for rent? Please call Leonardo at (206) 683-0678.

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Redfin Heat Index shows Green Lake real estate market as “warm”

According to the data crunchers at online real estate brokerage Redfin, the Green Lake real estate market is “warm.” Redfin’s Daniel Petkevich sent us this heat map, which displays how active the local real estate market is by zip code. “You can look at the map to get a general feel for how a neighborhood is doing and click on a zip code to get specific numbers for it,” Daniel says. “I think it’s a great way to people to quickly understand their local housing markets. It’s colorful, interactive, and instantly understandable.” Daniels explains that an “even” market with six months of inventory and…

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Learn about the home finance process at a free seminar at the Green Lake Library

Cate Weisweaver, a loan originator with Salmon Bay Community Lending, is offering a free seminar for home buyers at the Green Lake Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) this Saturday (July 9, 2011), 11:15 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cate promises a no-sales learning environment and says that she will provide information that helps take the intimidation out of the process of home ownership. Space is limited. You can reserve your seat by contacting Cate at (206) 963-5526 or cate [at] salmonbaylending.com.

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Green Lake Windermere to spend a day of community service developing Bagley’s outdoor classroom

This Friday (June 15, 2011), the staff of the Green Lake Windermere office will take the day off and participate in a day of community service. Participants will be lending a hand with the development of Daniel Bagley Elementary‘s outdoor classroom and learning garden (7821 Stone Ave N). The project, which is a continuation of the work done by Windermere last year, includes the construction of a shed and benches. “Windermere’s Community Service Day started in 1984 with my dad, John Jacobi, a handful of agents, and a run-down chain-link fence at an elementary school that needed some TLC,” said company…

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Green Lake real estate by the numbers: Inventory is low and multiple offers are back

This update on the Green Lake real estate market comes to us via Daniela Dombrowski & Kris Murphy of The Murphy & Dombrowski Real Estate Group. In zip codes 98103, 98105 and 98115 inventory for single family homes has dropped to some of the lowest levels we have seen over the last four years. There are fewer homes on the market than last spring when the tax credit was in effect but they are selling at the same rate. Buyer demand is starting to outpace available homes on the market. This makes for very favorable selling conditions in those areas. Months…

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