Sam DeBord

Amazon is once again expanding its powerful footprint around the South Lake Union neighborhood, purchasing a 3 block swath of commercial property in the Denny Triangle from Clise Properties, according to a report from the Seattle Times. The company's already-evident impact on the north end of do...

In a bit of Valentine's Day pseudo-science (don't shoot the messenger), Trulia surveyed men and women on their preferences in homeownership, styles of homes, amenities, and those same qualities they find attractive in potential dates. The number of women stating that they preferred a man who own...

Rent prices for housing and office space are expected to rise in 2012, as demand remains high.  The lack of building of residential and commercial spaces in the past five years is beginning to put a strain on available space. Seattle residents know the various "holes in the ground" around the ci...

Amazon's effect on Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood has been well-documented.  From businesses and apartments to a bevy of new restaurants, the neighborhood has taken on an entirely new look in under a decade.  Much of South Lake Union has retrofitted its outward image to attract the burg...

Redmond's waterfront home sales are marching in tune with the rising tide of waterfront real estate sales around the Puget Sound.  Sales of waterfront homes in 2011 were up 9.7% compared to the previous year. Of the 34 homes sold in Redmond in 2011, most were moderately price waterfront homes.  ...

Sales on Sammamish's waterfront in 2011 were just another notch in the belt of Greater Seattle's waterfront resurgence.  Homes sold on Sammish's lakefront properties increased from 19 in 2010 to 32 in 2011, one of the most-significant increases in the Puget Sound region. In particular, sales of ...

Sales of waterfront homes on Mercer Island were some of the first to come back after the doldrums of 2008 and 2009.  Following an anemic year of just 11 waterfront home sales in 2009, the sales totals have nearly tripled in the past two years. While 2011's sales of 30 Mercer island waterfront hom...

Waterfront home sales in Medina nearly tripled in 2011, another sign that buyers are returning to the luxury real estate market.  Sales of luxury and waterfront homes in Greater Seattle have been on the rise since the bottoming out of luxury sales in 2008 and 2009. After just three Medina waterf...

Sales of waterfront homes in Issaquah were up more than one fifth in 2011, signalling a strengthening of the market for Issaquah waterfront homes. A total of 28 homes were sold on waterfront property in Issaquah in the past year, five more than in 2010.  Also significantly up were the number of ...

Waterfront home sales in King County and most of the Eastside have been rising steadily for the past couple of years.  Kirkland's waterfront real estate sales, in particular, have gotten a big boost. After 38 Kirkland waterfront homes were sold in 2010, that number jumped to 48 during 2011.  The...