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Comment on Grab the Easy Life For Yourself (VIDEO) by Lowry Homes

Lowry Homes — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:57:39 +0000

I’d agree with you on this Wendy when it comes to marketing/selling properties. Videos make things a lot easier for both the buyer and the seller.

Comment on Grab the Easy Life For Yourself (VIDEO) by Cay Real Estate

Cay Real Estate — Thu, 31 May 2012 07:31:46 +0000

Great job on the video Wendy! I’d say that this is one great way to promote or sell a home for sale.

Comment on High Point real estate sobering – no rainbow yet by Wendy Hughes-Jelen

Wendy Hughes-Jelen — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:20:16 +0000

Joni, thank you for your post. It is sad to see people like you leave the neighborhood for sure. It is a special place. I wish you luck, tho, and West Seattle will always be a part of you!!

Comment on The personal responsibility that comes with living in a Built Green Certified community by House Clean Out

House Clean Out — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:56:17 +0000

You are right, there be should at-least one small back yard garden to make us feel fresh and happy at times when we are not feeling good. It also adds beauty to our home.

Nice pic shared in the blog.

Comment on High Point real estate sobering – no rainbow yet by Joniv

Joniv — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:56:17 +0000

Hi Wendy,

Great write up. We’ve been at Highpoint since June 2006 and just did a short sale on our phase 1 Polygon home. We were not under financial strain to pay the mortgage, but both our jobs had moved to Bellevue and we were spending 2 hours a day in our cars, and our son was spending 10 hour days in daycare. It was a huge stress on our family. The home was valued at 350k and we owed 390k. Not a huge difference, but with realtor fees and excise tax, we would have had to come up with over 50k to close and we just didn’t have it.

As a bright spot, a nice young family bought our house and they got a great price for it! 85k less than what we paid 6 years ago!

In my mind, one of the biggest issues for West Seattle home prices is proximity to good jobs. Since the recession, there’s basically no work and no major companies in Seattle downtown core, so that means a huge commute for anyone who chooses to live in WS. With the constant bridge construction, and the impending viaduct teardown, it’s really going to hurt the market. When all that infrastructure work is complete I think home prices will come back up. It’s just a bummer for those of us who couldn’t wait it out.

We were sad to leave Highpoint, but now we walk to work and my son is literally across the street at daycare. You can’t beat that convenience. I am honored to have lived at Highpoint and I will always believe in the community we helped build. I will miss seeing everyone pull together to get MacArthur Garden built. I will miss the veggie stand, the amazing parks, the blue heron and the osprey diving for koi in the pond. But most of all I will miss the people! We had such amazing neighbors and we felt a wonderful sense of community. You don’t get that in Bellevue, trust me.

We still have family in West Seattle, so we visit often, but we will miss calling it home. Best of luck to you and the rest of the Highpoint community.

Comment on High Point real estate sobering – no rainbow yet by Estate Agents Dublin

Estate Agents Dublin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:40:18 +0000

No need to be worried. Rain will come definitely. The real estate agents will get profit then.

Comment on Spring has sprung in housing – looking to feather a new nest? by Wendy Hughes-Jelen

Wendy Hughes-Jelen — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:40:06 +0000

My colleague Rich Jacobson reports on his Sound Bite Blog that WA Shadow Inventory is some of the lowest in country.
http://soundbiteblog.com/2012/03/05/shadow-housing-inventory-in-washington-state/

Comment on High Point Pond 5 Year Dredging – Conclusion (VIDEO) by Wendy Hughes-Jelen

Wendy Hughes-Jelen — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:45:43 +0000

Betty, if I didn’t already live in Seattle, I would move to Austin (especially if it wasn’t in TX!) I have heard and seen so many amazing things happening down there. You must be proud to be part of such an important movement in TX!

Comment on High Point Pond 5 Year Dredging – Conclusion (VIDEO) by Betty Saenz Austin TX Green REALTOR

Betty Saenz Austin TX Green REALTOR — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:14:30 +0000

I am an EcoBroker® in Austin, Texas and agree with you that beautiful ponds are much more attractive than an ugly concrete water retention ponds. KB Homes here has been a trendsetter in that here in the Austin, TX area. At Silverado Ranch and in their new Crystal Crossing subdivision they took the time to create beautiful ponds which are assets to the community. I am not a paid spokesperson for them in any way but I appreciate their efforts to beautify their communities with attractive water retention ponds. Most of Austin, Texas is over the Edward’s Aquifer and stormwater to be filtered that goes into our aquifers. Why create an ugly concrete box when a pond with marginal plants can act in the same way, filtering pollutants before the water goes back into Our Earth.

Comment on Energy Efficiency Accounting – federal green jobs training money makes it to Washington by Introducing NRG Benchmarking | Green Spaces Real Estate

Introducing NRG Benchmarking | Green Spaces Real Estate — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:07:23 +0000

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