Monday, August 25, 2008

Union Members Save on Lender Closing Costs

I was talking with a friend of mine who is a lender and his company is offering a special program that benefits union members. It saves on closing costs and has mortgage assistance benefits if one is disabled or unemployed. If your a union worker and are considering buying a home or refinancing it is something to consider. See the attached flyer.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Andrew Parker Quartet at the Magnolia Summerfest 2008

My jazz quartet perfromed at the Magnolia Summer Festival earlier this month. Below are video highlights. The Andrew Parker Quartet is composed of yours truly on Tenor Saxophone, Josh Rawlings on Piano, Nate Omdal on Bass, and Adam Kessler on Drums.

Enjoy!

Encompass by Andrew Parker


Killer Joe by Benny Golson

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Home Values in North and Central Seattle

Home values in north Seattle dropped from their peak in October 2007 with the median priced home selling for $511,000. By January the median was down to $444,000. Between January and May it worked its way back up to $512,475 and since then has dropped down to $485,938. Sales volume likely peaked in July. The number of pending sales is heading downward. In August I expect values and volumes to be down slightly from July.

October of last year was also the peak for central Seattle. The median priced home at that time was $671,000. Since then home prices have slowly declined to $585,000 in April. In June it was up to $611.750, but July dipped to $584,296. Sales volume looks to be slowly declining. The rest of the year may be bumpy.

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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Sold Homes in Central and Northwest Seattle July 2008

This month I have condensed my postings for Sold Homes in Central and Northwest Seattle. Let me know if you like or dislike the new layout.

Queen Anne
15 single family homes sold on Queen Anne in July. A little less than half were sold within 30 days at 99.6% of the listing price.
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Magnolia
18 single family homes sold in Magnolia in July. Exactly half were sold within 30 days at 95.3% of the listing price.
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Ballard
24 single family homes sold in Ballard in July. Only 37.5% were sold withing 30 days at 99.7% of the listing price.
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North Ballard (Loyal Heights, Olympic Manor, North Beach...)
37 single family homes sold in north Ballard in July. 64.9% were sold within 30 days at 99.1% of the listing price.
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Green Lake/Phinney Ridge
40 single family homes sold in the greater Green Lake/Phinney Ridge area in July. 47.5% were sold within 30 days at 98% of the listing price.
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Fremont/Wallingford
38 single family homes sold in the greater Fremont/Wallingford area in July. 42.1% were sold withing 30 days at 100.3% of the listing price.
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Monday, August 04, 2008

Terry Blumer at the Ballard Art Walk-August 2008

Join me at the Ballard Art Walk on August 9th. I'll be hosting Terry Blumer from 6 to 9 PM at the FORUM CENTER located at 1718 NW 56th Street, Seattle, WA 98107.

http://www.andrewlparker.com/artwalk.htm

Terry's Artist Statement:
“The architecture of Nature has always intrigued me. From the simple elegance of a leaf to the complexity of a bird’s feathers, nothing created by humans can ever quite replicate the perfect design found in nature. Originally from Texas, I earned my Architectural degree from the university of New Mexico and the controlled elements of architectural drawing strongly influence my work. I work in many different mediums and generally find myself gravitating towards those which encourage assemblages and explore the illusion of multi dimensions. I find collage particularly rewarding as it allows things of beauty to be created out of recycled materials which might have otherwise made their way into landfills.”