Seattle real estate boasts one of the great geographic settings within the US, with the stunning Puget Sound and Olympic mountains to the west, the Cascade mountains to the east and mighty Mt. Rainier to the south. So it rains a little! Might explain all the excellent microbreweries, coffee houses, restaurants, bookstores and music venues. Skiing is only an hour away in winter. We don’t freeze like Fargo nor melt like Miami and our summers and fall are divine. Enough about the weather, how about the North Seattle real estate market you ask.
If you are looking for a neighborhood where fine homes and less fine homes, entertainment, businesses and Seattle’s more colorful characters co-exist look no further than hip Capitol Hill real estate. Volunteer Park is located at the north end of Capitol Hill and houses Seattle’s Asian Art Museum. Northwest of downtown, Seattle merges into lower Queen Anne real estate, which climbs steeply to some beautiful old homes and condos with panoramic views of the Seattle skyline and the Space Needle. If you are looking for a mainly residential neighborhood which has a detached-from-the-city feel, look into Magnolia real estate, which boasts magnificent Discovery Park (and the occasional cougar) plus Fisherman’s Terminal.
Fremont real estate is a perfect fit for buyers who want plenty of nightlife choices, naked cyclists on Summer Solstice day, great public art, including a statue of Lenin shipped form Slovakia, and be able to reside in a neighborhood that modestly refers to itself as the Center of the Universe! If you like the idea of living close to a beach, a large marina, watching salmon migrating to Lake Washington, incredible sunsets over the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, enjoy boasting about your Norwegian heritage, and want a wide selection of bars and restaurants, then check out Ballard real estate listings (I’m biased, I live there). Contact a Ballard real estate agent for a guided tour.
Although Wallingford is largely free of poseurs and fashion slave hipsters (not that there’s anything wrong with that), it is not without very good dining, shopping and entertainment along 45th Avenue. Wallingford real estate has some great examples of craftsman style homes on the hill down to Lake Union and Gasworks Park where you can take in the Seattle skyline and watch sea planes taking off a few feet above your head. University District properties include the University of Washington (UW,Go Dawgs!) and the excellent, non-claustrophobic University Village shopping center (neither for sale).
If jogging, walking or rollerblading while circling around a lake like worshipers at Mecca is right up your street, take a look at homes for sale in Green Lake, one of Seattle’s best neighborhoods. Please contact a Seattle real estate agent for more information. Knife edge Phinney Ridge homes cling to either side of a steep hill with great views to the east and west, then leads north to eclectic and up and coming Greenwood real estate, with more affordable homes for sale for first time buyers.
Ravenna homes and Wedgewood real estate are good options when you want to live near UW but without the accompanying hustle and bustle. Further east lies the primarily residential, but excellent, neighborhoods of Ridge View and Laurelhurst with Magnuson Park on the edge of Lake Washington at Sand Point.
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