By Molly Cartwright, Realtor, Cooper Jacobs Real Estate, Molly@CooperJacobs.com, 206-841-6800, on June 23rd, 2012%
With multiple offers and tight inventory, are you getting out bid for those few Green Lake listings? Allow me to showcase a couple of my favorite neighborhoods still walking distance to the lake.
Maple Leaf
Looking at a map, Maple Leaf is located just east of Interstate 5 and just west of Lake City Way. It’s this cool pocket of totally affordable homes. Here, you’ll find brick tudors, bungalows, condos, ramblers and I’m starting to see some new construction homes too. What I hear from the locals there is Maple Leaf is turning over a new leaf (sorry for the pun) with a new generation moving in. It’s a place to call home if you like easy commuting, good schools, close amenities like Cloud City Coffee (awesome latte and remember I’m a coffee snob who drinks it all day) and the INFAMOUS Snappy Dragon. Did I mention Maple Leaf Resevoir Park - a 16 acre park! 16 acres, people!
West Green Lake…let’s call it Phinneywood
Phinney Ridge + Greenwood = Phinneywood. A newly adopted name for a community coined since 1899. Phinney Ridge or “The Ridge” is cool because it sits high on a ridge (much like Maple Leaf) so at certain points you can see Ballard on the West and Green Lake on the East. Here you will find plenty of yoga places, one of a kind small businesses, and both dogs and kids everywhere. But I’m going to talk about the community between West Green Lake and the top of Phinney Ridge. I’m actually not sure it has a name other than West Green Lake. I’ve had more clients looking there than anywhere else because they’re tired of getting outbid closer to the lake - especially Tangletown and the coveted East Green Lake Way. You can easily walk to Green Lake’s 3 mile paved loop by crossing Aurora’s easy pedestrian friendly sidewalk or walk up to Phinney and enjoy the enriched community there. There are some killer views too. There’s a fine line here, folks. Some say the street numbers between 80th and 85th are still considered Green Lake. I’ll just say…it depends. Keepin’ it simple here.
Oh, did I mention our glorious Woodland Park ZOO hidden behind the West side of Green Lake and Phinney Ridge. Yes, a zoo as in lions, tigers and bears. If you go, please go see the Penguin’s home. It’s award winning, ya know! During the summer, you must go see a concert at the Zoo Tunes too.
Pink dot is Phinney and you can see Green Lake is just to the right of it. I-5 is the dark line running North and South. The next body of water you see just south of Green Lake is Lake Union.
Home Values have a wide range in these neighbors. Drop me an email or phone call to ask more questions. molly@cooperjacobs.com or 206-841-6800
By Staci Baldwin, Seattle Realtor, Staci@CooperJacobs.com, (206) 499-1242, on January 30th, 2011%
If you are looking for ideas for your home and are conveniently close by, say Phinney Ridge, Greenwood or Greenlake; Sunday January 30th is the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Associations 14th annual Home and Remodeling fair.
The fair will run from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Not only is this a great time to get ideas for your home, but you may meet some new or old neighbors as well. Supporting local can lead to opportunity in building your personal community; whether that be in Phinney Ridge or one of the many other awesome Seattle neighborhoods.
At this years fair there will be over 90 exhibitors, everything from designers, architects, green building experts, consultants, permit experts (that is always a good person to know), home equity loan experts, as well as many others. Door prizes too donated by the exhibitors.
Additional Information:
Complete List of Exhibitors
Presentation Schedule
Phinney Neighborhood Center
Blue Building
6532 Phinney Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103
Admission
$6 for PNA members
$9 for general public
Children 12 and under are admitted free
For more information about this event and the Phinney Association, please go to www.phinneycenter.org
By Molly Cartwright, Realtor, Cooper Jacobs Real Estate, Molly@CooperJacobs.com, 206-841-6800, on January 16th, 2011%
Phinney Ridge Real Estate Frenzy - Green Lake Neighbor Phinney Ridge..
Are you one of those people looking and waiting for a home in Phinney Ridge between $400,000 to $500,000? Have you been waiting six months or less? There were only 4 lucky people who got this wish. During the last six months, Phinney Ridge has been wiped out of inventory if you’re not quick enough to put in an offer in this range. These four homes all sold in less than 7 days within 98% of their asking price – one home was 102% of asking price.
 And what about now? Well one lone Phinney Ridge house just came on the market 2 days ago in this price range – on the east slope of Phinney – great views of Green Lake! If history repeats itself, this one won’t last long either.
Why Phinney Ridge? Their close community gels folks together. Whether you’re a family of 5 or a single person, Phinney has something for everyone. Fastened between Fremont, Ballard, Green Lake and Greenwood it has the views, the walkability to great restaurants, cafes, and local merchants, their killer community center, Woodland Park Zoo and more.
It might be frigid outside but Phinney Ridge real estate is on fire! Check out more available listings in Phinney Ridge. A little history on Phinney Ridge can be found here – quite an interesting read!
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